Ytterström Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Ytterström Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ytterström Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden1431:68,8585,211
Finland111:499,70030,478
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Ytterstrom (1) are calculated separately.

Ytterström Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ytterström is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Ytterstrom. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ytterström? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ytterström is the 1,403,590th most common family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. Ytterström occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ytterström live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 68,858. In Sweden Ytterström is mostly found in: Västernorrland County, where 35 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 17 percent live and Halland County, where 8 percent live. Beside Sweden Ytterström occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 7 percent live and Norway, where 1 percent live.

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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
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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
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