Wassén Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Wassén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 165 | 1:59,677 | 4,579 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Wassen (1,149), Wassèn (1) & Wässen (7) are calculated separately.
Wassén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wassén Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wassén occurs in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Wassen, Wassèn or Wässen. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wassén? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,338,236th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. Wassén occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Wassén live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.
Wassén is most common in Sweden, where it is carried by 165 people, or 1 in 59,677. In Sweden Wassén is most numerous in: Västra Götaland County, where 50 percent reside, Stockholm County, where 25 percent reside and Värmland County, where 7 percent reside. Besides Sweden Wassén is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Wassén
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