Jämsén Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Jämsén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Finland | 10 | 1:549,670 | 32,186 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Jämsen (702), Jamsén (1) & Jamsen (74) are calculated separately.
Jämsén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jämsén Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jämsén occurs more in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Jämsen, Jamsén or Jamsen. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jämsén? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,543,123rd most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Jämsén reside; 97 percent reside in Northern Europe and 97 percent reside in Scandinavia.
Jämsén is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 518,250. In Sweden Jämsén is most numerous in: Skåne County, where 37 percent reside, Halland County, where 16 percent reside and Uppsala County, where 16 percent reside. Barring Sweden Jämsén is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 32 percent reside and Denmark, where 3 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
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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
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