Gäfvert Surname
Approximately 306 people bear this surname
Gäfvert Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 303 | 1:32,498 | 2,649 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
The alternate forms: Gafvert (96) are calculated separately.
Gäfvert Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gäfvert Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gäfvert occurs in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Gafvert. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gäfvert? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gäfvert is the 881,213th most widely held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 23,815,510 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gäfvert reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is held by 303 people, or 1 in 32,498. In Sweden Gäfvert is primarily concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 24 percent are found, Västra Götaland County, where 15 percent are found and Östergötland County, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Sweden it exists in one country. It also occurs in Norway, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Gäfvert
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