Weidenhielm Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Weidenhielm Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
Weidenhielm Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weidenhielm Come From? nationality or country of origin
Weidenhielm is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weidenhielm? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,908,606th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Weidenhielm is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Weidenhielm live; 69 percent live in Northern Europe and 63 percent live in Scandinavia.
The surname Weidenhielm is most widely held in Sweden, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 984,676. In Sweden it is most common in: Stockholm County, where 90 percent reside and Skåne County, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Sweden this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 19 percent reside and Chile, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widdenhielm | 91 | 6 | / |
| Weidenholm | 86 | 15 | / |
| Wedenhjelm | 86 | 2 | / |
| Widenholm | 80 | 3 | / |
| Wadenholm | 70 | 83 | / |
| Wedin Holm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Witten-Liem | 64 | 1 | / |
| Wowtenholme | 55 | 1 | / |
| Waiten Lima | 55 | 1 | / |
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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 Weidenhielm
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