Kerlund Surname

2,293,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Kerlund Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kerlund 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
Sweden621:158,81911,058
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Kerlund Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kerlund is found in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kerlund? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kerlund is the 2,293,424th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. Kerlund occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Kerlund reside; 94 percent reside in Northern Europe and 94 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname Kerlund is most widely held in Sweden, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 158,819. In Sweden it is primarily found in: Stockholm County, where 56 percent live, Skåne County, where 6 percent live and Östergötland County, where 5 percent live. Aside from Sweden Kerlund exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in China, where 1 percent live and Colombia, 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
Åkerlund933,975/
Kerlun921/
Åkerlundh889/
Karlund8684/
Korlund862/
Kerloun861/
Kjærlund8016/
Kärrlund808/
Kerlum772/
Kerlon771/
Carlund71170/
Kherlon711/
Kerellon671/
Kherllon671/
Kirlon620/
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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 Kerlund
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