Birksten Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Birksten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Birksten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Birksten Last Name Facts

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

Birksten is more frequently found in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Birksten click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Birksten? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,587,209th most widespread surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Birksten are found; 92 percent are found in Northern Europe and 92 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This last name is most numerous in Sweden, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 895,160. In Sweden Birksten is most common in: Stockholm County, where 73 percent are found, Södermanland County, where 18 percent are found and Halland County, where 9 percent are found. Beside Sweden this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Belgium, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Birksteen944/
Biorksten941/
Berkstien820/
Bergsten753,176/
Berkstin751/
Bergstuen7137/
Bergsteen712/
Berkshtin712/
Virkstina711/
Bergstien711/
Virkštienė672/
Bergstén6364/
Vyrkstyn635/
Bergstem634/
Bergstin631/
Vyrkstyna591/
Verkstyna591/
Bergstim500/

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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 Birksten
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