Wangsten Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Wangsten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wangsten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden191:518,25037,550
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479

The alternate forms: Wångsten (9) & Wängsten (1) are calculated separately.

Wangsten Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wangsten is held by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Wångsten or Wängsten. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangsten? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,116,508th most numerous family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Wangsten is predominantly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Wangsten reside; 83 percent reside in Northern Europe and 83 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname Wangsten is most numerous in Sweden, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 518,250. In Sweden Wangsten is mostly concentrated in: Värmland County, where 100 percent live. Beside Sweden this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent live.

Wangsten Last Name Statistics demography

Wangsten earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD 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 Wangsten
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