Essén Surname
Approximately 236 people bear this surname
Essén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 208 | 1:47,340 | 3,687 |
| Norway | 18 | 1:285,683 | 29,080 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
The alternate forms: Essen (3,559) are calculated separately.
Essén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Essén Come From? nationality or country of origin
Essén is most common in Sweden. It can also occur as a variant: Essen. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Essén? popularity and diffusion
The last name Essén is the 1,058,336th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. Essén is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Essén reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The last name is most prevalent in Sweden, where it is held by 208 people, or 1 in 47,340. In Sweden Essén is mostly concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 34 percent reside, Västra Götaland County, where 20 percent reside and Kalmar County, where 10 percent reside. Other than Sweden Essén exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 8 percent reside and Finland, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Essén
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