Redfors Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Redfors Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Redfors 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
Sweden381:259,12517,909
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Redfors Last Name Facts

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

The surname Redfors is more commonly found in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Redfors? popularity and diffusion

Redfors is the 2,944,094th most frequently used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Redfors live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequently held in Sweden, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 259,125. In Sweden it is most numerous in: Södermanland County, where 39 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 32 percent live and Skåne County, where 11 percent live. Barring Sweden this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 9 percent live and England, where 2 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
Refors9221/
Årefors8614/
Rydfors8614/
Reifors866/
Rodfors865/
Redfurs861/
Rehfors860/
Rietfors8092/
Reutfors8021/
Reitfors801/
Ryfors7718/
Ryttefors7513/
Risfors718/
Rajfors718/
Reforce712/
Rittfors675/
Riforce571/
Ryforce571/
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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 Redfors
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