Westö Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Westö Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 22 | 1:249,850 | 19,707 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Westo (32) are calculated separately.
Westö Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Westö Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Westö is held by more people in Finland than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Westo. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Westö? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,034,050th most widespread surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Westö are found; 96 percent are found in Northern Europe and 96 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The surname is most frequent in Finland, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 249,850. In Finland Westö is mostly concentrated in: Uusimaa, where 68 percent reside and Ostrobothnia, where 32 percent reside. Besides Finland this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 4 percent reside and Sweden, where 4 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
- 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 Westö
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