Wigenstam Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Wigenstam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 44 | 1:223,790 | 15,522 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Wigenstam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wigenstam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wigenstam is most common in Sweden. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wigenstam.
How Common Is The Last Name Wigenstam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wigenstam is the 2,843,861st most commonly used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Wigenstam live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in Scandinavia.
The surname Wigenstam is most frequently held in Sweden, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 223,790. In Sweden Wigenstam is most prevalent in: Norrbotten County, where 41 percent are found, Västra Götaland County, where 16 percent are found and Skåne County, where 11 percent are found. Besides Sweden Wigenstam occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent are found and Norway, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visenstam | 78 | 9 | / |
| Wigenstein | 74 | 0 | / |
| Wiegenstein | 70 | 102 | / |
| Witgenstein | 70 | 38 | / |
| Weigenstein | 70 | 1 | / |
| Wittgensteyn | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wiginston | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wegenstein | 63 | 146 | / |
| Wisenstein | 63 | 1 | / |
| Wigginston | 63 | 1 | / |
| Weisenstein | 60 | 839 | / |
| Wiesenstein | 60 | 9 | / |
| Waisenstein | 60 | 8 | / |
| Weiginstein | 60 | 0 | / |
| Weisenstone | 60 | 0 | / |
| Vitgenshteyn | 57 | 10 | / |
| Weisnstein | 53 | 3 | / |
| Wesenstein | 53 | 2 | / |
| Begenstein | 53 | 2 | / |
| Wesinstein | 53 | 1 | / |
| Vaisenstein | 50 | 10 | / |
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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 Wigenstam
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