Westström Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Westström Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 33 | 1:166,567 | 14,872 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Westström Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Westström Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Westström is more frequently found in Finland than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Westström? popularity and diffusion
The last name Westström is the 2,843,861st most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Westström reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.
It is most common in Finland, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 166,567. In Finland Westström is primarily concentrated in: Ostrobothnia, where 73 percent reside, Åland Islands, where 18 percent reside and Uusimaa, where 9 percent reside. Besides Finland it is found in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 30 percent reside.
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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 Westström
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