Hörfors Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Hörfors Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Hörfors 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
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Horfors (1) are calculated separately.

Hörfors Last Name Facts

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

Hörfors has its highest incidence in Sweden. It may be rendered as a variant: Horfors. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hörfors? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Hörfors reside; 86 percent reside in Northern Europe and 86 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most widely held in Sweden, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 1,641,126. In Sweden it is primarily found in: Stockholm County, where 50 percent live, Östergötland County, where 17 percent live and Södermanland County, where 17 percent live. Excluding Sweden Hörfors occurs in one country. It is also found in Spain, where 14 percent live.

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
Horfors951/
Herfors8618/
Harfors863/
Harrfors807/
Erfors7724/
Arfors7717/
Arrfors7111/
Arpfors719/
Arvfors718/
Orrfors713/
Herfers712/
Harfarsh671/
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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 Hörfors
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