Sandsten Surname

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

Approximately 196 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Sandsten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sandsten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden1681:58,6124,518
Norway161:321,39331,311
Finland81:687,08836,047
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Sandstén (24) are calculated separately.

Sandsten Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sandsten occurs more in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Sandstén. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sandsten? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,202,518th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Sandsten live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most widespread in Sweden, where it is carried by 168 people, or 1 in 58,612. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Västra Götaland County, where 32 percent reside, Stockholm County, where 18 percent reside and Norrbotten County, where 14 percent reside. Beside Sweden this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 8 percent reside and Finland, where 4 percent reside.

Sandsten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sandsten has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sandsten last name fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sandsten Last Name Statistics demography

Sandsten earn notably more than the average income. In Norway they earn 15.13% more than the national average, earning 398,426 kr 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 Sandsten
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