Östergren Surname

258,780th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,520 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Östergren Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Östergren Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden1,5011:6,560602
Norway121:428,52437,411
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

The alternate forms: Ostergren (609) are calculated separately.

Östergren Last Name Facts

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

The last name Östergren is found most frequently in Sweden. It can also be rendered as: Ostergren. Click here to see other potential spellings of Östergren.

How Common Is The Last Name Östergren? popularity and diffusion

The last name Östergren is the 258,780th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 4,794,438 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Östergren reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname Östergren is most frequently held in Sweden, where it is borne by 1,501 people, or 1 in 6,560. In Sweden Östergren is most common in: Stockholm County, where 27 percent are found, Skåne County, where 11 percent are found and Västra Götaland County, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Sweden it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 1 percent are found and Japan, where 0 percent are found.

Östergren Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Östergren has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Östergren last name decreased 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Östergren Last Name Statistics demography

Östergren earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In Norway they earn 60.58% more than the national average, earning 555,734 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ostergren96609/
Estergren8940/
Astergren8922/
Estergreen8420/
Ostergreen844/
Oestergren840/
Ostrgren821/
Eastergreen800/
Estergran780/
Ostergran780/
Osterkorn67388/
Osterkron671/
Ozderi Goren571/
Estarkeran531/

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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 Östergren
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