Lindström Surname

18,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29,157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Lindström Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lindström Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden23,2351:42424
Finland5,4371:1,011128
Norway1591:32,3414,518
Estonia1571:8,4191,129
Germany551:1,463,73689,144
Denmark351:161,27813,908
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
United States91:40,273,215872,126
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
England41:13,929,515290,718
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

The alternate forms: Lindstrom (16,485) are calculated separately.

Lindström Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lindström occurs in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Lindstrom. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lindström? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lindström is the 18,888th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 249,942 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Lindström live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most common in Sweden, where it is held by 23,235 people, or 1 in 424. In Sweden it is primarily found in: Stockholm County, where 21 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 12 percent live and Skåne County, where 9 percent live. Excluding Sweden this surname occurs in 28 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 19 percent live and Norway, where 1 percent live.

Lindström Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Lindström earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 14.1% less than the national average, earning 297,298 kr per year and in South Africa they earn 37.55% more than the national average, earning R 326,868 per year.

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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 Lindström
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