Westerholm is a Swedish-language surname, more common in Finland than in Sweden.[1]
Geographical distribution edit
As of 2014, 53.5% of all known bearers of the surname Westerholm were residents of Finland (frequency 1:4,284), 25.0% of Sweden (1:16,439), 15.6% of the United States (1:963,337) and 1.0% of Estonia (1:57,464).
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:4,284) in the following regions:
- 1. Ostrobothnia (1:1,413)
- 2. Åland (1:1,794)
- 3. Uusimaa (1:1,928)
- 4. Southwest Finland (1:3,368)
In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:16,439) in the following counties:[2]
- 1. Södermanland County (1:7,159)
- 2. Blekinge County (1:7,330)
- 3. Uppsala County (1:9,204)
- 4. Kalmar County (1:9,455)
- 5. Stockholm County (1:10,061)
- 6. Östergötland County (1:10,673)
- 7. Jönköping County (1:12,739)
People edit
- Barbro Westerholm (1933–2023), Swedish politician
- Charles Westerholm (1897–1977), American cyclist
- George Westerholm, Canadian musician, singer, comedian and writer
- Raino Westerholm (1919–2017), Finnish politician
- Victor Westerholm (1860–1919), Finnish landscape painter
References edit
- ^ "Westerholm". Forebears.io. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
- ^ Westerholm surname distribution
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