Hedfors Surname

1,058,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Hedfors Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hedfors Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden2011:48,9893,807
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Norway81:642,78647,258
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Hedfors Last Name Facts

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

Hedfors is most common in Sweden. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Hedfors.

How Common Is The Last Name Hedfors? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,058,336th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Hedfors live; 89 percent live in Northern Europe and 89 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most widely held in Sweden, where it is carried by 201 people, or 1 in 48,989. In Sweden Hedfors is mostly concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 22 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 16 percent live and Västmanland County, where 15 percent live. Beside Sweden this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent live and Norway, where 3 percent live.

Hedfors Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Hedfors earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 8.93% less than the national average, earning 315,159 kr per year and in United States they earn 15.7% less than the national average, earning $36,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Heidfors9312/
Edfors92277/
Hidfors8622/
Ejdfors8614/
Hydfors8614/
Edforss8612/
Jedfors861/
Hefforst800/
Esfors7719/
Gefors7713/
Ydfors778/
Idfors776/
Adfors775/
Ödfors773/
Eifors771/
Jefors770/
Effors770/
Høifors7111/
Gidfors7110/
Oddfors7110/
Ågefors717/
Essfors715/
Jeffors713/
Othfors711/
Hyttfors6724/
Otfors6226/
Isfors626/
Eforce625/
Jifors623/
Jefars622/
Aifors622/
Ifours620/
Attfors5712/
Jätfors572/
Giffors571/
Hajfars571/
Jeffars570/

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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 Hedfors
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