Källén Surname

798,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 352 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Källén Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Källén Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden3451:28,5412,325
Norway61:857,04855,549
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Källen (14) & Kållén (3) are calculated separately.

Källén Last Name Facts

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

Källén is held by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Källen or Kållén. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Källén? popularity and diffusion

The surname Källén is the 798,040th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 20,703,255 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Källén reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequently held in Sweden, where it is borne by 345 people, or 1 in 28,541. In Sweden Källén is most numerous in: Västra Götaland County, where 41 percent reside, Stockholm County, where 24 percent reside and Skåne County, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Sweden it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 2 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Källén Last Name Statistics demography

Källén earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 2.49% less than the national average, earning 337,479 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Källen9414/
Kållén943/
Källin8316/
Kellén8316/
Killén838/
Källne836/
Klén8021/
Klln802/
Kölln731,018/
Kelln73688/
Kølln7310/
Killen679,906/
Kellen673,366/
Killin671,189/
Köllen67759/
Koelln67304/
Kellin67263/
Klling6740/
Kellyn6734/
Kln6731/
Killng6715/
Kåhlén6711/
Kållin678/
Kellne675/
Kellng674/
Kællen671/
Kællin671/
Kyllen671/
Kyllin671/
Killne671/

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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 Källén
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