Hedestam Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Hedestam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Hedestam Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Hedestam Last Name Facts

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

Hedestam is found most frequently in Sweden. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hedestam? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hedestam is the 5,587,209th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Hedestam is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Hedestam live; 83 percent live in Northern Europe and 83 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most frequently held in Sweden, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 984,676. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Skåne County, where 50 percent live, Stockholm County, where 40 percent live and Värmland County, where 10 percent live. Beside Sweden this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 8 percent live and Thailand, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Edestam934/
Ejdestam887/
Hidestam881/
Khedestan8255/
Adestam8030/
Hedjtam802/
Edestom801/
Odestam801/
Jädestam7515/
Edetan71147/
Edetom714/
Hidestand710/
Heddeston710/
Edeston678/
Edetean672/
Adistam671/
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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 Hedestam
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