Westholm Surname

514,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 634 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Westholm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westholm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden4691:20,9951,735
United States1011:3,588,702200,455
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Norway61:857,04855,549
France31:22,140,907385,998
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Westholm Last Name Facts

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

The surname Westholm is found most in Sweden. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Westholm? popularity and diffusion

It is the 514,664th most widespread last name on earth, held by around 1 in 11,494,552 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 81 percent of Westholm reside; 76 percent reside in Northern Europe and 75 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is held by 469 people, or 1 in 20,995. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 29 percent live, Örebro County, where 12 percent live and Västmanland County, where 11 percent live. Beside Sweden this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Westholm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Westholm has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Westholm surname grew 721 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Westholm Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Westholm surname are 29.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 76.67% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Westholm earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 36.35% less than the national average, earning 220,276 kr per year; in United States they earn 26.94% more than the national average, earning $54,775 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.68% less than the national average, earning $43,383 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wuestholm940/
Vestholm8870/
Wastholm885/
Witholm801/
Wittholm7553/
Whitholm753/
Västholm753/
Westalhm751/
Withalm67147/
Witthalm6314/
Withalmová564/
Vithalm5375/

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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 Westholm
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