Förbom Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Förbom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 39 | 1:140,941 | 13,163 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Forbom (21) are calculated separately.
Förbom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Förbom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Förbom is held by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Forbom. Click here to see other potential spellings of Förbom.
How Common Is The Last Name Förbom? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,100,440th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. Förbom is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Förbom are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
Förbom is most commonly used in Finland, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 140,941. In Finland Förbom is most frequent in: Southwest Finland, where 49 percent reside, Uusimaa, where 41 percent reside and Åland Islands, where 10 percent reside. Other than Finland Förbom exists in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 3 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Förbom
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