Risén Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Risén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 103 | 1:95,600 | 6,949 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Risen (1,668) are calculated separately.
Risén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Risén Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Risén is held by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Risen. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Risén? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,806,862nd most widespread last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. The surname Risén occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Risén reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.
It is most frequently occurring in Sweden, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 95,600. In Sweden Risén is most numerous in: Norrbotten County, where 20 percent are found, Västerbotten County, where 17 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Sweden this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 1 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 Risén
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