Orefors Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Orefors Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
The alternate forms: Örefors (6) are calculated separately.
Orefors Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orefors Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orefors occurs in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Örefors. For other possible spellings of Orefors click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orefors? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,587,209th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Orefors live; 83 percent live in Northern Europe and 83 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name Orefors is most frequent in Sweden, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 984,676. In Sweden Orefors is primarily concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 80 percent live and Uppsala County, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Sweden Orefors occurs in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Örefors | 95 | 6 | / |
| Årefors | 86 | 14 | / |
| Yrefors | 86 | 10 | / |
| Orrfors | 86 | 3 | / |
| Urefors | 86 | 3 | / |
| Härefors | 80 | 12 | / |
| Eirefors | 80 | 8 | / |
| Ihrefors | 80 | 6 | / |
| Garefors | 80 | 6 | / |
| Yhrefors | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ahrefors | 80 | 4 | / |
| Erfors | 77 | 24 | / |
| Arfors | 77 | 17 | / |
| Urfors | 77 | 11 | / |
| Årfors | 77 | 11 | / |
| Irfors | 77 | 8 | / |
| Yrfors | 77 | 2 | / |
| Hargefors | 75 | 22 | / |
| Harrefors | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ihrfors | 71 | 62 | / |
| Arufors | 71 | 11 | / |
| Arrfors | 71 | 11 | / |
| Orfao Rosa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Orovers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Airfors | 71 | 1 | / |
| Iorveyorsu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Arofors | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oriveros | 67 | 3 | / |
| O'Rivers | 67 | 1 | / |
| O Rivers | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Orefors
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