Refshammer Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Refshammer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 38 | 1:148,545 | 13,026 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Refshammer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Refshammer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Refshammer is held by more people in Denmark than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Refshammer? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,017,195th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Refshammer reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in Scandinavia.
It is most commonly occurring in Denmark, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 148,545. In Denmark Refshammer is primarily concentrated in: Central Denmark Region, where 50 percent live, Capital Region of Denmark, where 32 percent live and Region of Southern Denmark, where 18 percent live. Barring Denmark this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent live and Sweden, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reifeshanmer | 82 | 1 | / |
| Reibsame | 67 | 9 | / |
| Reibsomer | 63 | 0 | / |
| Ravschmeier | 57 | 1 | / |
| Reibsome | 56 | 144 | / |
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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 Refshammer
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