Hogfors Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Hogfors Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Hogfors 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
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

The alternate forms: Högfors (138) are calculated separately.

Hogfors Last Name Facts

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

Hogfors is most common in Sweden. It can appear in the variant forms: Högfors. Click here for other potential spellings of Hogfors.

How Common Is The Last Name Hogfors? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most prevalent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Hogfors live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 67 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,641,126. In Sweden Hogfors is mostly found in: Stockholm County, where 100 percent reside. Beside Sweden Hogfors exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, 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
Högfors95138/
Hoegfors932/
Hoegforss881/
Hagfors86417/
Jogfors8626/
Hegfors8615/
Hokfors8610/
Häggfors808/
Okfors7717/
Egfors7715/
Agfors7711/
Hökfors7133/
Hakfors712/
Ekfors6291/
Askfors5719/
Jakfors579/
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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 Hogfors
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