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 most common in Sweden. It may also occur in the variant forms: Forsen or Forsèn. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Forsén? popularity and diffusion
Forsén is the 398,612th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 8,253,166 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Forsén live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is borne by 788 people, or 1 in 12,496. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Stockholm County, where 27 percent reside, Östergötland County, where 11 percent reside and Skåne County, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Sweden this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 10 percent reside and Norway, where 0 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 Forsén
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