Wedin Surname
Approximately 2,403 people bear this surname
Wedin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1,349 | 1:7,299 | 675 |
| United States | 894 | 1:405,435 | 35,365 |
| Canada | 41 | 1:898,673 | 68,969 |
| Norway | 34 | 1:151,244 | 18,822 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 41 | 1:1,224,846 | 68,768 |
Wedin (87) may also be a first name.
Wedin Demographics
Average Male Wedin Height
178.84 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Wedin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wedin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wedin (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺩﻥ) is more commonly found in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wedin? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wedin is the 177,886th most common surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 3,032,687 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 59 percent of Wedin reside; 58 percent reside in Northern Europe and 58 percent reside in Scandinavia. It is also the 1,024,927th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 87 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is carried by 1,349 people, or 1 in 7,299. In Sweden Wedin is most numerous in: Stockholm County, where 28 percent are found, Skåne County, where 11 percent are found and Västernorrland County, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Sweden it exists in 27 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 37 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.
Wedin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wedin has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 2,180 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wedin Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Wedin are 7.03% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.8% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wedin earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 26.94% less than the national average, earning 252,858 kr per year; in United States they earn 8.42% more than the national average, earning $46,781 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.69% more than the national average, earning $62,942 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wedin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wedin in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺩﻥ | wdn | - |
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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 Wedin
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