Wallsten Surname

595,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 523 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Wallsten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wallsten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden3291:29,9292,438
United States1021:3,553,519199,004
Canada351:1,052,73178,176
Mexico231:5,396,79230,197
Finland211:261,74820,300
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Wallstén (111) are calculated separately.

Wallsten Last Name Facts

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

Wallsten is found in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Wallstén. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wallsten? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 595,654th most numerous family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 13,934,122 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 69 percent of Wallsten live; 68 percent live in Northern Europe and 68 percent live in Scandinavia.

Wallsten is most numerous in Sweden, where it is held by 329 people, or 1 in 29,929. In Sweden Wallsten is most common in: Stockholm County, where 26 percent are found, Västra Götaland County, where 15 percent are found and Uppsala County, where 14 percent are found. Other than Sweden this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.

Wallsten Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wallsten last name are 5.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wallsten earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 41.68% less than the national average, earning 201,841 kr per year; in United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.57% more than the national average, earning $51,458 CAD per year.

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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 Wallsten
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