Allén Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Allén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 116 | 1:47,385 | 5,800 |
| Sweden | 66 | 1:149,193 | 10,483 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Allen (890,750) & Allèn (1) are calculated separately.
Allén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Allén Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Allén is more frequently found in Finland than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Allen or Allèn. Click here to see other potential spellings of Allén.
How Common Is The Last Name Allén? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,248,410th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Allén reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Scandinavia.
Allén is most frequent in Finland, where it is borne by 116 people, or 1 in 47,385. In Finland it is primarily found in: Uusimaa, where 40 percent live, Southwest Finland, where 25 percent live and Tavastia Proper, where 16 percent live. Not including Finland this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 36 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.
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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 Allén
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