Alvgren Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Alvgren Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Alvgren 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
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Älvgren (4) are calculated separately.

Alvgren Last Name Facts

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

The surname Alvgren is found in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Älvgren. Click here for further potential spellings of Alvgren.

How Common Is The Last Name Alvgren? popularity and diffusion

The surname Alvgren is the 6,723,624th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Alvgren occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Alvgren are found; 75 percent are found in Northern Europe and 63 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 1,969,351. In Sweden it is primarily concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 80 percent live and Skåne County, where 20 percent live. Other than Sweden it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent live and England, where 13 percent live.

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
Älvgren954/
Halvgren930/
Elvgren8667/
Alfgren869/
Olvgren863/
Elfgren71352/
Elwgren7115/
Alvgrim719/
Albengrin63180/
Elfgrin571/

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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 Alvgren
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