Walegren Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Walegren Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walegren Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden211:468,89333,666
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645

Walegren Last Name Facts

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

Walegren is found in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Walegren? popularity and diffusion

The surname Walegren is the 3,957,383rd most frequent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name Walegren is primarily found in Europe, where 92 percent of Walegren live; 84 percent live in Northern Europe and 84 percent live in Scandinavia.

It is most frequently occurring in Sweden, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 468,893. In Sweden Walegren is mostly found in: Örebro County, where 57 percent reside, Stockholm County, where 19 percent reside and Uppsala County, where 19 percent reside. Apart from Sweden this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Lebanon, where 8 percent reside and Serbia, where 8 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
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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 Walegren
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