Sjöfors Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Sjöfors Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 50 | 1:196,935 | 13,646 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Sjofors (6) are calculated separately.
Sjöfors Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sjöfors Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sjöfors is more frequently found in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Sjofors. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sjöfors? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,718,172nd most commonly used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. Sjöfors occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sjöfors live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.
The surname Sjöfors is most frequently held in Sweden, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 196,935. In Sweden it is mostly found in: Skåne County, where 28 percent reside, Kronoberg County, where 20 percent reside and Jönköping County, where 16 percent reside. Barring Sweden Sjöfors occurs in one country. It is also common in Norway, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sjofors | 95 | 6 | / |
| Sjøfors | 86 | 7 | / |
| Sfors | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sforsa | 77 | 11 | / |
| Sforsi | 77 | 8 | / |
| Sefors | 77 | 5 | / |
| Sforos | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sfores | 77 | 1 | / |
| Syfors | 77 | 0 | / |
| Sfrs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Saforas | 71 | 76 | / |
| Safores | 71 | 36 | / |
| Szafors | 71 | 25 | / |
| Seifors | 71 | 20 | / |
| Seyfors | 71 | 18 | / |
| Sävfors | 71 | 5 | / |
| Savfors | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sfoares | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sáforas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Scyfors | 71 | 0 | / |
| Scifors | 71 | 0 | / |
| Seafors | 71 | 0 | / |
| Saffores | 67 | 457 | / |
| Safouris | 67 | 112 | / |
| Sofouris | 67 | 76 | / |
| Safforis | 67 | 14 | / |
| Siforosa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sfars | 67 | 3 | / |
| Seforosa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Safhores | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sifouras | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siforose | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soforosa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seyfores | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Sjöfors
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