Walstrom Surname

287,362nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,336 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Walstrom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walstrom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1521:314,63428,773
South Africa761:712,86550,752
Canada721:511,74443,418
England271:2,063,63279,942
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1751:286,96422,992

Walstrom Last Name Facts

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

The surname Walstrom is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Walstrom? popularity and diffusion

Walstrom is the 287,362nd most common last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,454,750 people. Walstrom occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Walstrom live; 88 percent live in North America and 88 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Walstrom is most common in The United States, where it is held by 1,152 people, or 1 in 314,634. In The United States Walstrom is mostly found in: Minnesota, where 23 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Colorado, where 7 percent live. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 6 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

Walstrom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Walstrom has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Walstrom surname increased 658 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Walstrom Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Walstrom surname are 19.21% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.98% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Walstrom earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 46.58% less than the national average, earning R 126,936 per year; in United States they earn 3.04% more than the national average, earning $44,460 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.79% less than the national average, earning $45,314 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
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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 Walstrom
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