Sixten Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Sixten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sixten Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden301:328,22522,987
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Sixten (1,426) may also be a first name.

Sixten Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sixten occurs more in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sixten? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,843,861st most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 79 percent of Sixten are found; 79 percent are found in Northern Europe and 79 percent are found in Scandinavia. Sixten is also the 206,669th most frequent given name on earth. It is borne by 1,426 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 328,225. In Sweden Sixten is most common in: Västra Götaland County, where 30 percent live, Halland County, where 20 percent live and Skåne County, where 20 percent live. Apart from Sweden Sixten occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 11 percent live and Denmark, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sixteen9242/
Sexten8366/
Sisten836/
Sixtin832/
Sixteenth801/
Sidsten7716/
Sishten771/
Sexteen770/
Schisten710/
Shuisten710/
Sextin6717/
Sistin6710/
Sistem676/
Systen674/
Sesten672/
Cisten670/
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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 Sixten
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