Gahnström Surname
Approximately 309 people bear this surname
Gahnström Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 299 | 1:32,932 | 2,686 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Gahnström Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gahnström Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gahnström occurs more in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahnström? popularity and diffusion
Gahnström is the 874,560th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 23,584,291 people. Gahnström is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gahnström are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The surname Gahnström is most common in Sweden, where it is borne by 299 people, or 1 in 32,932. In Sweden it is most common in: Gotland County, where 37 percent are found, Stockholm County, where 20 percent are found and Västra Götaland County, where 13 percent are found. Barring Sweden this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 2 percent are found and Norway, where 1 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
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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 Gahnström
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