Sparf Surname

1,088,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 226 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Sparf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sparf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden1641:60,0414,601
Finland551:99,94010,215
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Sparf (18) may also be a first name.

Sparf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sparf occurs most in Sweden. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sparf.

How Common Is The Last Name Sparf? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,088,856th most numerous family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Sparf reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Scandinavia. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 18 people.

The last name Sparf is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is borne by 164 people, or 1 in 60,041. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Stockholm County, where 29 percent live, Halland County, where 16 percent live and Jönköping County, where 14 percent live. Aside from Sweden Sparf exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spaarf913/
Spharf910/
Sparv80128/
Sparw801/
Sporf800/
Spaarw734/
Sparrw731/
Sparvh731/
Spearw730/
Shparfova7113/
Speerw551/

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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
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  • 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 Sparf
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