Kihlen Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Kihlen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
The alternate forms: Kihlén (106) are calculated separately.
Kihlen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kihlen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kihlen is more frequently found in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Kihlén. Click here for further possible spellings of Kihlen.
How Common Is The Last Name Kihlen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kihlen is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Kihlen are found; 70 percent are found in Northern Europe and 70 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 1,406,680. In Sweden it is most common in: Västra Götaland County, where 43 percent reside, Skåne County, where 29 percent reside and Dalarna County, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Sweden Kihlen exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 20 percent reside and Cameroon, where 10 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kihlen
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