Wecksten Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Wecksten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 41 | 1:134,066 | 12,676 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Weckstén (13) are calculated separately.
Wecksten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wecksten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wecksten occurs most in Finland. It can be rendered as: Weckstén. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wecksten? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,017,195th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Wecksten is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wecksten reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.
Wecksten is most commonly used in Finland, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 134,066. In Finland it is mostly concentrated in: Uusimaa, where 56 percent are found, Kymenlaakso, where 27 percent are found and Ostrobothnia, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Finland it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weckstén | 96 | 13 | / |
| Wecksteen | 94 | 30 | / |
| Weicksten | 94 | 0 | / |
| Weecksteen | 89 | 53 | / |
| Weksteen | 88 | 91 | / |
| Wicksten | 88 | 12 | / |
| Wieksten | 88 | 5 | / |
| Wecxsteen | 82 | 184 | / |
| Wegksteen | 82 | 5 | / |
| Becksteen | 82 | 0 | / |
| Wiksten | 80 | 760 | / |
| Wexsteen | 75 | 252 | / |
| Wegsteen | 75 | 58 | / |
| Wexstten | 75 | 14 | / |
| Bäcksten | 75 | 8 | / |
| Wickstem | 75 | 3 | / |
| Vacksten | 75 | 3 | / |
| Wecxteen | 75 | 2 | / |
| Weexsten | 75 | 1 | / |
| Weexsteen | 71 | 55 | / |
| Viksten | 67 | 752 | / |
| Wigsten | 67 | 138 | / |
| Wikstén | 67 | 42 | / |
| Wixsten | 67 | 23 | / |
| Wexteen | 67 | 19 | / |
| Begsten | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wígsten | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wagsten | 67 | 0 | / |
| Voksteen | 63 | 15 | / |
| Vokksten | 63 | 2 | / |
| Wickstim | 63 | 0 | / |
| Bexten | 57 | 425 | / |
| Vikstén | 53 | 38 | / |
| Bigsten | 53 | 18 | / |
| Vigsten | 53 | 6 | / |
| Waxstin | 53 | 1 | / |
| Witxten | 53 | 0 | / |
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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 Wecksten
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