Wahrén Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Wahrén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 44 | 1:223,790 | 15,522 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
The alternate forms: Wahren (609) & Währen (37) are calculated separately.
Wahrén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wahrén Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wahrén is found most frequently in Sweden. It can be found in the variant forms: Wahren or Währen. For other potential spellings of Wahrén click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wahrén? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,876,555th most frequently occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name Wahrén is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wahrén live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name is most frequently held in Sweden, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 223,790. In Sweden it is most prevalent in: Dalarna County, where 34 percent reside, Västra Götaland County, where 32 percent reside and Östergötland County, where 16 percent reside. Other than Sweden Wahrén exists in one country. It is also found in Denmark, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Wahrén
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