Westgren Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Westgren Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westgren Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden941:104,7537,572
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
England21:27,859,030389,889
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Westgren Last Name Facts

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

The last name Westgren is found most in Sweden. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Westgren? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,581,912th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. The last name Westgren is predominantly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Westgren live; 76 percent live in Northern Europe and 74 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most widespread in Sweden, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 104,753. In Sweden Westgren is most prevalent in: Stockholm County, where 31 percent are found, Dalarna County, where 26 percent are found and Skåne County, where 19 percent are found. Apart from Sweden it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 7 percent are found.

Westgren Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Westgren has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 2,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Westgren Last Name Statistics demography

Westgren earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.32% less than the national average, earning $33,516 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Westgreen942/
Vestgren8833/
Westgrün8816/
Bestgreen821/
Wedgren809/
Betgren800/
Wittgren75258/
Withgren758/
Widtgren752/
Wittgreen71152/
Widengren71123/
Wedengren718/
Whitgreen710/
Widgren67575/
Vedgren6710/
Bitgren673/
Widgreen633/
Wittgrin630/
Boytgren630/
Vejdegren5928/
Videngren594/
Vidgren53604/
Widgrén5311/

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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
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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 Westgren
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