Dersten Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Dersten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dersten 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
Sweden341:289,61020,124
Finland61:916,11741,832
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Dersten Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dersten occurs in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dersten? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,017,195th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Dersten are found; 98 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname Dersten is most frequently occurring in Sweden, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 289,610. In Sweden it is most numerous in: Dalarna County, where 47 percent live, Västmanland County, where 44 percent live and Gävleborg County, where 3 percent live. Apart from Sweden it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 14 percent live and Norway, where 2 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
Derstien930/
Dierstien881/
Dorsten86533/
Dyrsten8650/
Dirsten8613/
Derstin867/
Darsten865/
Dorsteen8021/
Dearstin800/
Dorstyn719/
Darstin710/
Dorstijn6754/
Dyrsting6711/
Dearstim670/
Dearstym670/
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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 Dersten
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