Wassgren Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Wassgren Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wassgren Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden471:209,50514,512
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Wassgren Last Name Facts

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

Wassgren is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wassgren? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,894,523rd most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 55 percent of Wassgren reside; 55 percent reside in Northern Europe and 55 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most widely held in Sweden, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 209,505. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Stockholm County, where 30 percent are found, Örebro County, where 17 percent are found and Jämtland County, where 9 percent are found. Beside Sweden this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 44 percent are found and Norway, where 5 percent are found.

Wassgren Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wassgren last name are 16.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.64% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wassgren earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 54.58% more than the national average, earning 534,985 kr per year and in United States they earn 16.51% less than the national average, earning $36,025 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wassgreen943/
Vassgren883/
Wessgren881/
Waygren802/
Waissengreen801/
Wagreen800/
Basgren800/
Weagren800/
Wanngren7520/
Vessgren759/
Wangreen750/
Waissengrin741/
Waghrn7137/
Wogren711/
Wagryn711/
Wangryn6762/
Wongren6711/
Woodsgreen674/
Vangren673/
Wagrzyn672/
Woghren671/

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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 Wassgren
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