Westling Surname

133,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,386 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Westling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden1,6501:5,968556
United States1,5531:233,39322,455
Canada581:635,26952,014
Finland431:127,83012,225
England171:3,277,533109,658
Norway151:342,81932,589
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1031:487,56034,505

Westling (10) may also be a first name.

Westling Last Name Facts

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

Westling occurs in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Westling.

How Common Is The Last Name Westling? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 133,169th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,152,258 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 51 percent of Westling live; 51 percent live in Northern Europe and 51 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used given name globally, borne by 10 people.

The surname Westling is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is borne by 1,650 people, or 1 in 5,968. In Sweden Westling is most frequent in: Stockholm County, where 34 percent are found, Västra Götaland County, where 10 percent are found and Västernorrland County, where 8 percent are found. Besides Sweden it is found in 24 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 46 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.

Westling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Westling has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,508 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 567 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Westling Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Westling are 11.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.5% registered with the party.

The amount Westling earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 30.23% less than the national average, earning 241,470 kr per year; in United States they earn 6.35% more than the national average, earning $45,890 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.89% less than the national average, earning $44,275 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wiestling94100/
Wuestling9471/
Weistling9423/
Westlingg941/
Weustling940/
Vestling88785/
Wastling8889/
Bestling8817/
Wistling8816/
Wästling885/
Westlink881/
Westlyng881/
Whistling826/
Huestling820/
Vastling753/

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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 Westling
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