Hernström Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Hernström Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Hernström 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
Sweden1551:63,5274,846
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Hernström Last Name Facts

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

Hernström is borne by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hernström? popularity and diffusion

Hernström is the 1,385,851st most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. Hernström occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Hernström are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most widespread in Sweden, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 63,527. In Sweden Hernström is most prevalent in: Västra Götaland County, where 33 percent live, Stockholm County, where 23 percent live and Värmland County, where 12 percent live. Beside Sweden Hernström occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 1 percent live and Denmark, where 1 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
Chernström957/
Ernström94132/
Jernström89552/
Hörnström89171/
Ehrnström89126/
Härnström89104/
Hornström8923/
Ehrenström8457/
Arnström82209/
Ärnström8241/
Örnström827/
Järnström78414/
Arenström782/
Ehrnstroem741/
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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 Hernström
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