Grottfors Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Grottfors Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Grottfors Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Grottfors Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grottfors is more frequently found in Norway than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grottfors? popularity and diffusion

The last name Grottfors is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Grottfors reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname Grottfors is most commonly used in Norway, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 2,571,143. In Norway Grottfors is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Norway this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grytfors8215/
Grotophors741/
Grotto Farias731/
Gredfors7121/
Gardfors7121/
Gärdfors7118/
Grafhorst6798/
Gårdefors6719/
Gardefors6717/
Gärdefors6714/
Gærdefors671/
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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 Grottfors
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