Wangensten Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Wangensten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wangensten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway361:142,84118,058
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Wangensten Last Name Facts

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

Wangensten is more frequently found in Norway than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangensten? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wangensten is the 3,141,416th most commonly used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Wangensten reside; 92 percent reside in Northern Europe and 92 percent reside in Scandinavia.

Wangensten is most commonly held in Norway, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 142,841. In Norway it is most frequent in: Eastern Norway, where 50 percent are found, Western Norway, where 44 percent are found and Central Norway, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Norway this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent are found.

Wangensten Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Wangensten earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 19.42% more than the national average, earning 413,293 kr per year and in United States they earn 42.64% less than the national average, earning $24,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wangensteen95279/
Wangenstein95101/
Wangesnsteen911/
Wagensteen903/
Wangenstin903/
Vangensten902/
Wangenstine860/
Wangensten Øye833/

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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 Wangensten
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