Madsén Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Madsén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 59 | 1:166,894 | 11,603 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
The alternate forms: Madsen (94,800) & Madsèn (2) are calculated separately.
Madsén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Madsén Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Madsén is found in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Madsen or Madsèn. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Madsén? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,333,370th most frequently used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The surname Madsén occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Madsén are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
Madsén is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 166,894. In Sweden it is mostly found in: Stockholm County, where 54 percent are found, Västra Götaland County, where 15 percent are found and Jämtland County, where 10 percent are found. Not including Sweden this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Finland, where 12 percent are found.
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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 Madsén
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