Granfors Surname

476,328th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 702 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Finland

Granfors Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Granfors Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3041:1,192,29984,979
Finland2141:25,6863,530
Sweden1691:58,2654,488
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England21:27,859,030389,889
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

The alternate forms: Gränfors (19) are calculated separately.

Granfors Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Granfors Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Granfors is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Gränfors. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Granfors? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 476,328th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 10,381,120 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Granfors are found; 56 percent are found in Northern Europe and 55 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is held by 304 people, or 1 in 1,192,299. In The United States Granfors is mostly found in: California, where 22 percent live, New York, where 9 percent live and Washington, where 9 percent live. Barring The United States Granfors is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 30 percent live and Sweden, where 24 percent live.

Granfors Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Granfors surname are 9.12% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 62.35% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Granfors earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 28.64% less than the national average, earning 246,959 kr per year and in United States they earn 17.87% more than the national average, earning $50,860 USD per year.

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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 Granfors
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