Tofters Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Tofters Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tofters 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
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Tofters Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tofters is found most frequently in Sweden. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tofters? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Tofters occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Tofters live; 85 percent live in Northern Europe and 85 percent live in Scandinavia.

Tofters is most prevalent in Sweden, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 984,676. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Uppsala County, where 70 percent reside and Västmanland County, where 30 percent reside. Aside from Sweden this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 15 percent reside and Norway, where 8 percent reside.

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
Dafters7139/
Tveterås6756/
Defteros6721/
Defteras6716/
Tveteras673/
Doftoras671/
Defteris671/
D'Afters671/

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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 Tofters
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