Torfjäll Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Torfjäll Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Torfjäll 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
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Norway41:1,285,57269,185

The alternate forms: Törfjäll (2) are calculated separately.

Torfjäll Last Name Facts

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

Torfjäll is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Törfjäll. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Torfjäll? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Torfjäll live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname Torfjäll is most frequently held in Sweden, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 757,443. In Sweden it is most common in: Jämtland County, where 92 percent live and Västernorrland County, where 8 percent live. Other than Sweden this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 24 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
Törfjäll962/
Thurfjell71340/
Tarfajul631/
Torffield598/
Darefjell591/
Turfe Ajeel531/
Turfield500/

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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 Torfjäll
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