Jåfs Surname

1,079,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 229 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Jåfs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jåfs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland1811:30,3694,039
Sweden451:218,81715,158
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Jåfs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jåfs is most common in Finland. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jåfs? popularity and diffusion

Jåfs is the 1,079,669th most frequent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 31,823,345 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jåfs are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most prevalent in Finland, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 30,369. In Finland it is primarily concentrated in: Ostrobothnia, where 83 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 14 percent are found and Åland Islands, where 2 percent are found. Besides Finland this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 20 percent are found and Norway, where 1 percent are found.

Jåfs Last Name Statistics demography

Jåfs earn significantly more than the average income. In Norway they earn 30.58% more than the national average, earning 451,897 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jfs866/
Ijfs7524/
Jzfs752/
Jwfs752/
Jffs751/
Jfsc751/
Jfsj751/
Jyfs751/
Jf67178/
Jiffs671/

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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
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  • 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 Jåfs
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