Tholén Surname
Approximately 210 people bear this surname
Tholén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 206 | 1:47,800 | 3,721 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
The alternate forms: Tholen (5,307), Thölén (16) & Thölen (225) are calculated separately.
Tholén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tholén Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tholén is found in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Tholen, Thölén or Thölen. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tholén? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tholén is the 1,144,405th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 34,702,600 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Tholén live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is borne by 206 people, or 1 in 47,800. In Sweden Tholén is most frequent in: Västra Götaland County, where 26 percent are found, Stockholm County, where 16 percent are found and Skåne County, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Sweden this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Norway, where 2 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 Tholén
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