Sandfors Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Finland

Sandfors Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sandfors 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
Sweden211:468,89333,666
Finland181:305,37222,464
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Sandfors Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sandfors is more frequently found in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Sandfors click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sandfors? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,100,440th most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Sandfors live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname Sandfors is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 468,893. In Sweden it is primarily concentrated in: Gävleborg County, where 52 percent live, Stockholm County, where 19 percent live and Örebro County, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Sweden it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 45 percent live and Peru, where 3 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
Sandefors948/
Sundfors88215/
Sandfers881/
Sondefors8216/
Sundefors8212/
Sandovares78172/
Sandfærhus789/
Sundfros751/
Sandvers750/
Sand Farias741/
Sandivares6793/
Sandivaras6730/
Sandovarez6725/
Sandivaris676/
Sandia Farias671/
San de Farias671/
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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 Sandfors
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