Werkander Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Werkander Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Werkander Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden201:492,33835,486
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158

Werkander Last Name Facts

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

The last name Werkander is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Werkander.

How Common Is The Last Name Werkander? popularity and diffusion

The last name Werkander is the 3,957,383rd most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Werkander live; 80 percent live in Northern Europe and 80 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname Werkander is most numerous in Sweden, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 492,338. In Sweden Werkander is mostly concentrated in: Gotland County, where 40 percent live, Stockholm County, where 35 percent live and Östergötland County, where 20 percent live. Apart from Sweden this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Verkander8931/
Warkander8914/
Berkander8911/
Wirkander894/
Verkande821/
Bjrkander783/
Bjørkander746/
Vercande7173/
Bercande7116/
Berkandi7110/
Verkanda713/
Verconde591/
Vercondes564/
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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 Werkander
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