Wredfors Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Wredfors Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wredfors Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland191:289,30021,660
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017

Wredfors Last Name Facts

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

Wredfors is borne by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wredfors? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,882,373rd most frequently used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name Wredfors occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wredfors are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This last name is most numerous in Finland, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 289,300. In Finland Wredfors is most prevalent in: South Karelia, where 89 percent reside, Satakunta, where 5 percent reside and Southern Savonia, where 5 percent reside. Not including Finland this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 27 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wretfors8819/
Wreifors886/
Wirdfors884/
Werdfors881/
Brejdfors826/
Brefors802/
Vretfors7516/
Breifors759/
Brädfors751/
Bryfors6715/
Brifors6710/
Bärtfors6324/

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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 Wredfors
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