Regestam Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Regestam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Regestam Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden211:468,89333,666
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Regestam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Regestam is held by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Regestam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,206,983rd most prevalent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Regestam reside; 95 percent reside in Northern Europe and 95 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most widespread in Sweden, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 468,893. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Västra Götaland County, where 33 percent live, Halland County, where 24 percent live and Jönköping County, where 19 percent live. Without taking into account Sweden this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Australia, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rogestam8823/
Rigestam8821/
Registan75149/
Regestein7119/
Regitan6720/
Regeton670/
Regueton631/
Resuitan631/
Rezaitam631/
Registon631/
Rezetane631/
Ridgeston597/
Rejithan501/
Roycetan501/
Ridgeton500/
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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 Regestam
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