Alkestrand Surname

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

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Alkestrand Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Alkestrand 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
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Alkestrand Last Name Facts

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

The last name Alkestrand is found most in Sweden. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Alkestrand? popularity and diffusion

The last name Alkestrand is the 4,772,636th most frequently held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Alkestrand live; 94 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname Alkestrand is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 656,450. In Sweden Alkestrand is most prevalent in: Skåne County, where 60 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 40 percent are found. Without taking into account Sweden Alkestrand exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 6 percent are found and Thailand, where 6 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
Alkstrand9541/
Algstrand8437/
Elkstrand841/
Ahl Ekstrand821/
Elgstrand74162/
Alquitran63148/
Alexdrenda601/

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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 Alkestrand
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