Wikstén Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Wikstén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 36 | 1:273,521 | 18,976 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
The alternate forms: Wiksten (760) are calculated separately.
Wikstén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wikstén Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wikstén is found most frequently in Sweden. It may be rendered as a variant: Wiksten. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wikstén.
How Common Is The Last Name Wikstén? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,017,195th most widespread surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wikstén reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname is most widely held in Sweden, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 273,521. In Sweden it is primarily found in: Norrbotten County, where 39 percent reside, Stockholm County, where 25 percent reside and Västerbotten County, where 25 percent reside. Aside from Sweden Wikstén exists in one country. It also occurs in Finland, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiksten | 95 | 760 | / |
| Vikstén | 86 | 38 | / |
| Weckstén | 80 | 13 | / |
| Wicksten | 80 | 12 | / |
| Wieksten | 80 | 5 | / |
| Weicksten | 75 | 0 | / |
| Viksten | 71 | 752 | / |
| Wigsten | 71 | 138 | / |
| Wixsten | 71 | 23 | / |
| Weksteen | 67 | 91 | / |
| Wecksten | 67 | 42 | / |
| Wickstem | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wickstim | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wecksteen | 63 | 30 | / |
| Wegksteen | 63 | 5 | / |
| Weecksteen | 59 | 53 | / |
| Bigsten | 57 | 18 | / |
| Vigsten | 57 | 6 | / |
| Wígsten | 57 | 1 | / |
| Witxten | 57 | 0 | / |
| Wexsteen | 53 | 252 | / |
| Wegsteen | 53 | 58 | / |
| Wexstten | 53 | 14 | / |
| Bäcksten | 53 | 8 | / |
| Weexsten | 53 | 1 | / |
| Wecxsteen | 50 | 184 | / |
| Weexsteen | 50 | 55 | / |
| Becksteen | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Wikstén
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