Wissén Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Wissén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 22 | 1:447,580 | 32,003 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Wissen (1,073) are calculated separately.
Wissén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wissén Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wissén occurs in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Wissen. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wissén? popularity and diffusion
Wissén is the 4,034,050th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Wissén occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wissén are found; 96 percent are found in Northern Europe and 92 percent are found in Scandinavia.
It is most numerous in Sweden, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 447,580. In Sweden it is most common in: Stockholm County, where 59 percent reside, Västra Götaland County, where 32 percent reside and Östergötland County, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Sweden Wissén exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent reside and Switzerland, 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 Wissén
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