Rofors Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Rofors Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 71 | 1:138,687 | 9,791 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Röfors (2) are calculated separately.
Rofors Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rofors Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rofors has its highest incidence in Sweden. It can occur in the variant forms: Röfors. Click here for other possible spellings of Rofors.
How Common Is The Last Name Rofors? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,136,387th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. The last name Rofors occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Rofors live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 138,687. In Sweden Rofors is most frequent in: Jönköping County, where 42 percent reside, Stockholm County, where 20 percent reside and Västra Götaland County, where 13 percent reside. Other than Sweden it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 8 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Rofors
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