Österwall Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Greenland

Österwall Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Österwall 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
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Greenland11:56,3791,133

The alternate forms: Osterwall (2) are calculated separately.

Österwall Last Name Facts

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

The surname Österwall is more commonly found in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Osterwall. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Österwall? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,532,898th most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Österwall occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Österwall live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 547,042. In Sweden Österwall is mostly found in: Stockholm County, where 89 percent live and Västra Götaland County, where 11 percent live. Besides Sweden it exists in one country. It is also common in Greenland, where 5 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
Osterwall962/
Östervall89262/
Österwald892/
Osterwal821/
Astervall7815/
Östervald7815/
Ostervall784/
Osterval7110/
Esterval711/
Osterweil67218/
Östervold671/
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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 Österwall
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