Vejfors Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Vejfors Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vejfors Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden171:579,22142,433
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Vejfors Last Name Facts

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

Vejfors is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Vejfors click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vejfors? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,427,875th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Vejfors are found; 90 percent are found in Northern Europe and 90 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most prevalent in Sweden, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 579,221. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Västra Götaland County, where 59 percent are found, Halland County, where 29 percent are found and Blekinge County, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Sweden this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Norway, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bejfors865/
Väfors7734/
Vifors779/
Viefers7178/
Bojfors718/
Vipfors714/
Bedfors711/
Vitfors711/
Weiefors6729/
Bojefors6711/
Weidfors6710/
Wettfors679/
Wieforss672/
Vieffers672/
Wågefors671/

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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 Vejfors
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