Björkander Surname

921,780th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 287 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Björkander Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Björkander 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
Sweden2841:34,6722,815
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Bjorkander (25) are calculated separately.

Björkander Last Name Facts

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

The surname Björkander is more frequently found in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Bjorkander. Click here for other potential spellings of Björkander.

How Common Is The Last Name Björkander? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 921,780th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 25,392,146 people. The surname Björkander occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Björkander reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most common in Sweden, where it is borne by 284 people, or 1 in 34,672. In Sweden it is primarily concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 36 percent are found, Gotland County, where 18 percent are found and Skåne County, where 12 percent are found. Not including Sweden this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Norway, where 1 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
Bjorkander9725/
Bjrkander953/
Bjerkander9051/
Bjørkander906/
Bjoerkander860/
Bejrachandra645/

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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 Björkander
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