Tomtén Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Tomtén Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tomtén Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Finland31:1,832,23457,803

The alternate forms: Tomten (177) are calculated separately.

Tomtén Last Name Facts

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

Tomtén is most common in Sweden. It may be found in the variant forms: Tomten. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tomtén? popularity and diffusion

Tomtén is the 4,772,636th most widely held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Tomtén is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Tomtén are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This last name is most common in Sweden, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 703,340. In Sweden it is most prevalent in: Norrbotten County, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Sweden Tomtén occurs in one country. It also occurs in Finland, where 18 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tomten94177/
Thomtén9210/
Tomtin836/
Toomten7715/
Tomthin778/
Tomteng775/
Thomten774/
Tomnteng7113/
Thomteen713/
Toumteun712/
Tomnting711/
Tontin6738/
Tonten6730/
Tamten6723/
Tumten6716/
Tamtin675/
Tumtin673/
Tantén671/
Temten671/
Temtin670/

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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 Tomtén
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