Ranfors Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Ranfors Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 22 | 1:447,580 | 32,003 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ranfors Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ranfors Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ranfors is held by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ranfors.
How Common Is The Last Name Ranfors? popularity and diffusion
Ranfors is the 4,116,508th most commonly used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Ranfors live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in Scandinavia.
Ranfors is most frequently held in Sweden, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 447,580. In Sweden Ranfors is primarily found in: Blekinge County, where 50 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 32 percent live and Kronoberg County, where 9 percent live. Aside from Sweden this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramnfors | 93 | 8 | / |
| Ranefors | 93 | 2 | / |
| Rannefors | 88 | 8 | / |
| Ryanfores | 88 | 1 | / |
| Renfors | 86 | 542 | / |
| Runfors | 86 | 116 | / |
| Ramfors | 86 | 17 | / |
| Rynfors | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ranneforse | 82 | 1 | / |
| Rehnfors | 80 | 36 | / |
| Runefors | 80 | 30 | / |
| Reinfors | 80 | 21 | / |
| Rynefors | 80 | 18 | / |
| Runnfors | 80 | 16 | / |
| Rönnfors | 80 | 16 | / |
| Ronefors | 80 | 12 | / |
| Ronnfors | 80 | 8 | / |
| Rhenfors | 80 | 3 | / |
| Rinnfors | 80 | 3 | / |
| Runöfors | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ranferis | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rosenfors | 75 | 49 | / |
| Rönnefors | 75 | 13 | / |
| Wrennfors | 75 | 11 | / |
| Ronnefors | 75 | 6 | / |
| Rännefors | 75 | 3 | / |
| Runnefors | 75 | 2 | / |
| Rehnefors | 75 | 2 | / |
| Romfors | 71 | 21 | / |
| Ryan Fares | 71 | 4 | / |
| Rehn Forss | 71 | 2 | / |
| Renfros | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ranvers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Renfurs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rinforzi | 67 | 64 | / |
| Reimfors | 67 | 4 | / |
| Renforce | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rana Farias | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ranvires | 67 | 0 | / |
| Renfruss | 67 | 0 | / |
| Renfries | 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 Ranfors
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