Fastesson Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Fastesson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fastesson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden931:105,8797,628
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Fastesson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fastesson is most common in Sweden. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fastesson? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,839,022nd most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Fastesson are found; 94 percent are found in Northern Europe and 94 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Sweden, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 105,879. In Sweden it is most common in: Jämtland County, where 54 percent live, Stockholm County, where 18 percent live and Gävleborg County, where 10 percent live. Apart from Sweden this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 5 percent live and Norway, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fasteson9440/
Vastesson8993/
Fatisson82165/
Fosteson8228/
Vasteson826/
Fastesen820/
Vestesson7832/
Foosteson781/
Vastisson781/
Featheson780/
Vateson754/
Festesen7129/
Fatissan711/
Fattison711/
Fatehshan671/
Feathison670/

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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 Fastesson
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