Överfors Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Överfors Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Överfors 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
Finland331:166,56714,872
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587

The alternate forms: Overfors (53) are calculated separately.

Överfors Last Name Facts

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

The surname Överfors is found in Finland more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Overfors. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Överfors? popularity and diffusion

Överfors is the 3,055,934th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname Överfors is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Överfors are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

Överfors is most numerous in Finland, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 166,567. In Finland it is most common in: Ostrobothnia, where 91 percent are found and Southwest Finland, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Finland Överfors exists in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 20 percent are found.

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
Overfors9653/
Averfors883/
Haverfors824/
Eberfors759/
Oberfors751/

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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 Överfors
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