Thorleif Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Thorleif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Thorleif (1,870) may also be a first name.
Thorleif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thorleif Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Thorleif is more commonly found in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thorleif? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,587,209th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. Thorleif is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Thorleif are found; 92 percent are found in Northern Europe and 92 percent are found in Scandinavia. It is also the 175,985th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 1,870 people.
Thorleif is most widely held in Sweden, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,230,845. In Sweden Thorleif is primarily found in: Halland County, where 63 percent are found, Västra Götaland County, where 25 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Sweden this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torleif | 93 | 6 | / |
| Thorlief | 88 | 1 | / |
| Torlev | 71 | 7 | / |
| Torleb | 71 | 4 | / |
| Tarlif | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tarleff | 67 | 15 | / |
| Torleva | 67 | 8 | / |
| Taharlev | 63 | 28 | / |
| Tourlaev | 63 | 1 | / |
| Tarlev | 57 | 1,056 | / |
| Torlaw | 57 | 3 | / |
| Tarlib | 57 | 1 | / |
| Terleev | 53 | 1,374 | / |
| Tarleva | 53 | 401 | / |
| Torlova | 53 | 81 | / |
| Tarloev | 53 | 56 | / |
| Tarlebø | 53 | 24 | / |
| Terleph | 53 | 11 | / |
| Tarlevs | 53 | 7 | / |
| Tarleev | 53 | 2 | / |
| Tarlaev | 53 | 2 | / |
| Tarlaff | 53 | 1 | / |
| Therlaw | 53 | 1 | / |
| Tarlyev | 53 | 1 | / |
| Tourlova | 50 | 1 | / |
| Tourlouw | 50 | 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
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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 Thorleif
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