Wesén Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Wesén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 47 | 1:209,505 | 14,512 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
The alternate forms: Wesen (5,921) are calculated separately.
Wesén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wesén Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wesén is held by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Wesen. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wesén? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,689,253rd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. Wesén is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wesén reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname is most frequent in Sweden, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 209,505. In Sweden it is most numerous in: Skåne County, where 77 percent reside, Stockholm County, where 17 percent reside and Västra Götaland County, where 6 percent reside. Barring Sweden this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Finland, where 10 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 Wesén
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