Forsén Surname
Approximately 883 people bear this surname
Forsén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 788 | 1:12,496 | 1,081 |
| Finland | 91 | 1:60,403 | 6,985 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 35 | 1:1,434,820 | 77,606 |
The alternate forms: Forsen (434) & Forsèn (3) are calculated separately.
Forsén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forsén Come From? nationality or country of origin
Forsén is more commonly found in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Forsen or Forsèn. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Forsén? popularity and diffusion
The last name Forsén is the 398,612th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 8,253,166 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Forsén live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.
It is most widespread in Sweden, where it is held by 788 people, or 1 in 12,496. In Sweden Forsén is mostly concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 27 percent are found, Östergötland County, where 11 percent are found and Skåne County, where 10 percent are found. Other than Sweden it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 10 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Forsén
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