Holmfors Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Holmfors Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Holmfors 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
Finland151:366,44725,366
Sweden141:703,34052,204

Holmfors Last Name Facts

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

Holmfors is more frequently found in Finland than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Holmfors? popularity and diffusion

The last name Holmfors is the 3,665,662nd most prevalent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Holmfors is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Holmfors live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

Holmfors is most frequent in Finland, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 366,447. In Finland Holmfors is primarily found in: Ostrobothnia, where 73 percent reside, Pirkanmaa, where 20 percent reside and Åland Islands, where 7 percent reside. Besides Finland this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 48 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
Helmfors886/
Halmfors882/
Elmfors8024/
Almfors8024/
Ohlenforst67582/
Hallenfors6714/
Hellenfors671/
Alenfors6338/
Elenfors635/
Ellenfors5910/

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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 Holmfors
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