Wigstål Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Wigstål Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wigstål Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wigstål Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wigstål is found most in Sweden. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wigstål? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wigstål is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Wigstål is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Wigstål live; 80 percent live in Northern Europe and 80 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,461,689. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Västernorrland County, where 100 percent are found. Besides Sweden Wigstål occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wigstøl8622/
Vigstål8616/
Wikstål866/
Wigstoel801/
Wikstøl7194/
Vikstål7124/
Vikstøl5725/
Wixteel570/
Wechstyl531/
Byggstøyl5042/

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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 Wigstål
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