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

The surname Svendsén is borne by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Svendsen. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Svendsén? popularity and diffusion

Svendsén is the 3,323,005th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Svendsén reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 289,610. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Jönköping County, where 38 percent are found, Kalmar County, where 24 percent are found and Västra Götaland County, where 24 percent are found. Outside of Sweden this last name occurs 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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