Walsten Surname

975,866th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 265 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Walsten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walsten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2401:1,510,246102,670
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Israel101:855,76354,181
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

The alternate forms: Walstén (1) are calculated separately.

Walsten Last Name Facts

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

The surname Walsten has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be found as a variant: Walstén. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Walsten? popularity and diffusion

It is the 975,866th most widely held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 27,500,173 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Walsten live; 86 percent live in North America and 86 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Walsten is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 240 people, or 1 in 1,510,246. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 30 percent are found, Minnesota, where 14 percent are found and Louisiana, where 12 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 5 percent are found and Israel, where 4 percent are found.

Walsten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Walsten has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Walsten last name expanded 1,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Walsten Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Walsten surname are 14.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.54% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Walsten earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 26.68% more than the national average, earning $54,659 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.98% less than the national average, earning $44,725 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 Walsten
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