Runsten Surname

670,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 446 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Runsten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Runsten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden3121:31,5602,578
Finland751:73,2898,104
United States471:7,711,892346,147
Norway61:857,04855,549
England31:18,572,686338,250
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Runstén (5) are calculated separately.

Runsten Last Name Facts

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

The surname Runsten has its highest incidence in Sweden. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Runstén. Click here to see other possible spellings of Runsten.

How Common Is The Last Name Runsten? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 670,508th most frequent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 16,339,789 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Runsten are found; 89 percent are found in Northern Europe and 88 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most widely held in Sweden, where it is carried by 312 people, or 1 in 31,560. In Sweden it is primarily found in: Stockholm County, where 40 percent reside, Västra Götaland County, where 15 percent reside and Västernorrland County, where 6 percent reside. Barring Sweden this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 17 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.

Runsten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Runsten has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Runsten last name increased 1,175 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Runsten Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Runsten surname are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 55.56% registered with the political party.

Runsten earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.38% more than the national average, earning $43,312 USD per year.

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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 Runsten
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