Palmstedt Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Palmstedt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palmstedt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden401:246,16917,052
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Palmstedt Last Name Facts

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

Palmstedt has its highest incidence in Sweden. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Palmstedt.

How Common Is The Last Name Palmstedt? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,776,799th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Palmstedt live; 84 percent live in Northern Europe and 82 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 246,169. In Sweden Palmstedt is primarily found in: Västra Götaland County, where 63 percent reside, Halland County, where 20 percent reside and Stockholm County, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Sweden this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 8 percent reside and Germany, where 4 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 Palmstedt
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