Wallén Surname
Approximately 1,955 people bear this surname
Wallén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1,856 | 1:5,305 | 500 |
| Finland | 76 | 1:72,325 | 8,016 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Wallen (11,853) & Wallèn (4) are calculated separately.
Wallén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wallén Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wallén occurs in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Wallen or Wallèn. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wallén? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 211,036th most common last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 3,727,645 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wallén reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The last name Wallén is most prevalent in Sweden, where it is carried by 1,856 people, or 1 in 5,305. In Sweden Wallén is most numerous in: Stockholm County, where 34 percent reside, Västra Götaland County, where 13 percent reside and Uppsala County, where 11 percent reside. Barring Sweden it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 4 percent reside and Norway, where 0 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
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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
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