von Harbou Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

von Harbou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

von Harbou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Germany21:40,252,730481,636

von Harbou Last Name Facts

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

The last name von Harbou occurs more in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of von Harbou.

How Common Is The Last Name von Harbou? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of von Harbou are found; 71 percent are found in Northern Europe and 71 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname von Harbou is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,969,351. In Sweden von Harbou is most common in: Stockholm County, where 80 percent reside and Halland County, where 20 percent reside. Beside Sweden this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 29 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
von Arb82536/
von Harbach766/
von Harwood761/
Vonarb75399/
von Harpe7434/
von Erb715/
van Arb715/
Vonarop711/
Venharb711/
Vounarb710/
von Chorba701/
Vinarubu6739/
van Harwood672/
von Rupp671/
van Harbach671/
van Harvey601/
von Horvath574/
von Horwath571/

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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 von Harbou
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