Gelfgren Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Gelfgren Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 94 | 1:104,753 | 7,572 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Gelfgren Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelfgren Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gelfgren occurs more in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelfgren? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,839,022nd most frequent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. Gelfgren is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Gelfgren reside; 96 percent reside in Northern Europe and 95 percent reside in Scandinavia.
Gelfgren is most prevalent in Sweden, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 104,753. In Sweden it is primarily found in: Västerbotten County, where 26 percent live, Västernorrland County, where 22 percent live and Stockholm County, where 16 percent live. Aside from Sweden this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Gelfgren
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