Silversten Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Silversten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silversten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden571:172,75011,943
United States521:6,970,364322,914
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Finland91:610,74534,002
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Silversten Last Name Facts

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

The last name Silversten is more frequently found in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Silversten.

How Common Is The Last Name Silversten? popularity and diffusion

The last name Silversten is the 1,484,726th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 48 percent of Silversten are found; 47 percent are found in Northern Europe and 47 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Sweden, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 172,750. In Sweden it is most prevalent in: Stockholm County, where 33 percent live, Västmanland County, where 28 percent live and Örebro County, where 21 percent live. Besides Sweden Silversten exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 37 percent live and South Africa, where 13 percent live.

Silversten Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Silversten surname are 9.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 62.5% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Silversten earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 10.99% less than the national average, earning R 211,512 per year and in United States they earn 40.52% more than the national average, earning $60,631 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 Silversten
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