Ström Surname

45,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,427 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Ström Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ström Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden9,9911:98672
Finland1,1541:4,763773
Estonia811:16,3192,713
Norway711:72,42710,169
Iceland411:9,270908
Germany281:2,875,195137,699
Denmark141:403,19427,097
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
England61:9,286,343223,652
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Greenland11:56,3791,133
France11:66,422,722504,397
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Ström Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ström occurs most in Sweden. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ström? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 45,413th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 637,748 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Ström are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is carried by 9,991 people, or 1 in 986. In Sweden Ström is most prevalent in: Stockholm County, where 21 percent reside, Västra Götaland County, where 18 percent reside and Skåne County, where 9 percent reside. Besides Sweden Ström is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 10 percent reside and Estonia, where 1 percent reside.

Ström Last Name Statistics demography

Ström earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 13.2% less than the national average, earning 300,396 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Åström918,657/
Ströhm91170/
Åhström83112/
Strömme8338/
Strem80363/
Sträm802/
Østrem73980/
Stroem7377/
Shtrem7325/
Strehm7314/
Streum738/
Stremm732/
Őstrem731/
Straem730/
Štrem601/

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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 Ström
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