Nissfolk Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Finland

Nissfolk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nissfolk 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
Sweden351:281,33619,530
Finland291:189,54116,328
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Nissfolk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nissfolk is found in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nissfolk? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,333,370th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The last name Nissfolk occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Nissfolk live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in Scandinavia.

Nissfolk is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 281,336. In Sweden it is mostly found in: Stockholm County, where 37 percent live, Södermanland County, where 23 percent live and Västmanland County, where 20 percent live. Besides Sweden it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 43 percent live and Ireland, where 1 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
Nyfalk5710/
Nätfalk532/

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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 Nissfolk
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