Svendsén Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Svendsén Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Svendsén 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
Sweden341:289,61020,124
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Svendsen (27,048) are calculated separately.

Svendsén Last Name Facts

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

Svendsén is held by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Svendsen. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Svendsén? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,323,005th most commonly used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Svendsén live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

Svendsén is most frequently occurring in Sweden, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 289,610. In Sweden it is most prevalent in: Jönköping County, where 38 percent are found, Kalmar County, where 24 percent are found and Västra Götaland County, where 24 percent are found. Not including Sweden it exists in one country. It also occurs in Norway, where 3 percent are found.

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
Svendsen9627,048/
Svendson88278/
Svendsson8235/
Svenzén8041/
Schvendson781/
Svendsenová741/
Svenzon6728/
Svenzen673/
Svencen672/
Swandson631/
Swandsen630/
Svantsson591/
Svencione591/
Svänzon536/
Swantson508/
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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 Svendsén
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