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

The surname Walegren occurs in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Walegren? popularity and diffusion

Walegren is the 3,957,383rd most frequently held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name Walegren occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Walegren live; 84 percent live in Northern Europe and 84 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 468,893. In Sweden it is most common in: Örebro County, where 57 percent are found, Stockholm County, where 19 percent are found and Uppsala County, where 19 percent are found. Apart from Sweden this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Lebanon, where 8 percent are found and Serbia, where 8 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
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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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