Refors Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Refors Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
Refors Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Refors Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Refors is borne by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Refors? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,307,654th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Refors occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Refors reside; 71 percent reside in Northern Europe and 71 percent reside in Scandinavia.
This surname is most widely held in Sweden, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 656,450. In Sweden Refors is mostly found in: Stockholm County, where 87 percent are found and Västra Götaland County, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Sweden this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 29 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redfors | 92 | 44 | / |
| Årefors | 92 | 14 | / |
| Reifors | 92 | 6 | / |
| Rehfors | 92 | 0 | / |
| Reitfors | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rofors | 83 | 78 | / |
| Rafors | 83 | 20 | / |
| Ryfors | 83 | 18 | / |
| Röfors | 83 | 2 | / |
| Reifers | 77 | 299 | / |
| Riefers | 77 | 48 | / |
| Reffers | 77 | 28 | / |
| Röhfors | 77 | 19 | / |
| Rydfors | 77 | 14 | / |
| Risfors | 77 | 8 | / |
| Rajfors | 77 | 8 | / |
| Reefers | 77 | 2 | / |
| Reforce | 77 | 2 | / |
| Rohfors | 77 | 1 | / |
| Reufers | 77 | 1 | / |
| Redfurs | 77 | 1 | / |
| Refurse | 77 | 1 | / |
| Reiffers | 71 | 476 | / |
| Rieffers | 71 | 9 | / |
| Rittfors | 71 | 5 | / |
| Roeffaers | 67 | 77 | / |
| Rofers | 67 | 4 | / |
| Rifers | 67 | 0 | / |
| Rafers | 67 | 0 | / |
| Roffers | 62 | 420 | / |
| Rijfers | 62 | 88 | / |
| Rophers | 62 | 3 | / |
| Ruifers | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ryforce | 62 | 1 | / |
| Riforce | 62 | 1 | / |
| Roffars | 62 | 1 | / |
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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 Refors
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis