Ekstén Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Ekstén Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ekstén 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
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Finland21:2,748,35172,663

The alternate forms: Eksten (152) are calculated separately.

Ekstén Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ekstén is held by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Eksten. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekstén? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ekstén is the 4,772,636th most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ekstén reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name Ekstén is most common in Sweden, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 656,450. In Sweden it is primarily found in: Skåne County, where 100 percent live. Beside Sweden this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Finland, where 12 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
Eksten94152/
Ekstin833/
Eksteen779,111/
Ekstijn7738/
Ecksten779/
Eckstin775/
Ekstien773/
Ekshten772/
Ekshtin771/
Ecksteen7148/
Eckstien7113/
Ecksttin711/
Akstin67467/
Aksten6749/
Akstyn6725/
Oksten6715/
Egsten674/
Okstyn674/
Hoeksteen674/
Okstin674/
Ecsten671/
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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 Ekstén
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