Gårdefors Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Gårdefors Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gårdefors 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
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

The alternate forms: Gardefors (17) & Gärdefors (14) are calculated separately.

Gårdefors Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gårdefors is found most frequently in Sweden. It can be rendered as a variant: Gardefors or Gärdefors. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gårdefors? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,532,898th most frequent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. Gårdefors is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Gårdefors live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name Gårdefors is most widespread in Sweden, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 547,042. In Sweden Gårdefors is most prevalent in: Stockholm County, where 72 percent reside, Örebro County, where 22 percent reside and Uppsala County, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Sweden it exists in one country. It is also found in Japan, where 5 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
Gardefors9617/
Gärdefors9614/
Gærdefors891/
Gardfors8221/
Gredfors8221/
Gärdfors8218/
Grytfors7115/
Grottfors673/

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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 Gårdefors
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