Westergren Surname
Approximately 2,469 people bear this surname
Westergren Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1,533 | 1:6,423 | 589 |
| United States | 626 | 1:579,008 | 47,409 |
| Norway | 106 | 1:48,512 | 6,954 |
| Denmark | 101 | 1:55,888 | 5,717 |
| Finland | 36 | 1:152,686 | 13,963 |
| England | 34 | 1:1,638,766 | 68,634 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 30 | 1:1,673,956 | 87,330 |
The alternate forms: Westergrén (5) are calculated separately.
Westergren Demographics
Average Westergren Salary in
United States
$44,427 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Westergren Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Westergren Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Westergren occurs most in Sweden. It may occur in the variant forms: Westergrén. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Westergren? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 173,913th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,951,618 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 74 percent of Westergren reside; 74 percent reside in Northern Europe and 72 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname Westergren is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is held by 1,533 people, or 1 in 6,423. In Sweden it is primarily concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 22 percent reside, Skåne County, where 14 percent reside and Västra Götaland County, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Sweden it is found in 19 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Norway, where 4 percent reside.
Westergren Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Westergren has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 2,087 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 3,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Westergren Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Westergren surname are 3.58% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50.35% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Westergren earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 12.35% less than the national average, earning 303,344 kr per year and in United States they earn 2.96% more than the national average, earning $44,427 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westergrén | 97 | 5 | / |
| Westergreen | 95 | 347 | / |
| Westrgren | 95 | 2 | / |
| Wester Green | 91 | 1 | / |
| Vestergren | 90 | 574 | / |
| Westergrem | 90 | 2 | / |
| Wistergren | 90 | 0 | / |
| Westergrun | 90 | 0 | / |
| Westergrenová | 87 | 1 | / |
| Vestergreen | 86 | 0 | / |
| Västergren | 80 | 12 | / |
| Wästergran | 80 | 3 | / |
| Wooster-Kearney | 56 | 4 | / |
| Wisuttrakarn | 55 | 4 | / |
| Wisadtrakarn | 55 | 1 | / |
| Wisattrakarn | 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
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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 Westergren
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