Silfstén Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Silfstén Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silfstén Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland61:916,11741,832
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Silfsten (50) are calculated separately.

Silfstén Last Name Facts

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

Silfstén is more commonly found in Finland than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Silfsten. Click here to see other possible spellings of Silfstén.

How Common Is The Last Name Silfstén? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Silfstén occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Silfstén are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name Silfstén is most numerous in Finland, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 916,117. In Finland it is primarily concentrated in: Uusimaa, where 83 percent live and Pirkanmaa, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Finland this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 14 percent live.

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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 Silfstén
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