Wåhlström Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Wåhlström Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Wåhlström Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden1281:76,9285,759
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wåhlström Last Name Facts

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

Wåhlström occurs in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wåhlström.

How Common Is The Last Name Wåhlström? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wåhlström is the 1,581,912th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Wåhlström live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most frequent in Sweden, where it is carried by 128 people, or 1 in 76,928. In Sweden it is primarily concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 30 percent live, Gävleborg County, where 23 percent live and Västra Götaland County, where 13 percent live. Not including Sweden this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Våhlström8967/
Båhlström8910/
Wållström898/
Bålström8214/
Wilström821/
Willström78135/
Wellström7818/
Böhlström7814/
Vållström7811/
Wilsström781/
Velström7170/
Blåström711/
Billström67416/
Bellström6729/
Villström674/
Billeström631/
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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 Wåhlström
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