Oldenstam Surname

1,202,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 196 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Suriname
Highest density in:
Suriname

Oldenstam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oldenstam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Suriname1601:3,454642
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Oldenstam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oldenstam is most common in Suriname. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Oldenstam.

How Common Is The Last Name Oldenstam? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,202,518th most frequent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. The surname Oldenstam is primarily found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Oldenstam reside; 83 percent reside in South America and 82 percent reside in Gallo-Germanic South America.

It is most frequent in Suriname, where it is carried by 160 people, or 1 in 3,454. Outside of Suriname Oldenstam exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 9 percent live and The Netherlands, where 6 percent live.

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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
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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 Oldenstam
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