Sälen Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Sälen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Salen (5,472), Salén (263) & Salèn (2) are calculated separately.
Sälen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sälen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sälen is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Salen, Salén or Salèn. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sälen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequent family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Sälen occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sälen reside; 75 percent reside in Northern Europe and 75 percent reside in Scandinavia.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 3,282,252. In Sweden Sälen is most common in: Dalarna County, where 67 percent are found and Västra Götaland County, where 33 percent are found. Barring Sweden it exists in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Sälen
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