{"id":4790,"date":"2016-02-24T20:51:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T18:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/?p=4790"},"modified":"2024-02-23T13:34:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T12:34:16","slug":"swedish-surnames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/swedish-surnames\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 100 Most Common Swedish Surnames: -son, -quist, -str\u00f6m &#038; Co. (2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Swedish-Lastnames-2016-600x600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Swedish-Lastnames-2016-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"Most Common Surnames in Sweden (2016)\" class=\"wp-image-5657\" style=\"width:600px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Swedish-Lastnames-2016-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Swedish-Lastnames-2016-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Swedish-Lastnames-2016-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Swedish-Lastnames-2016.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Most Common Surnames in Sweden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>One third of all <strong>Swedish surnames<\/strong> end with <strong>&#8211;<em>son<\/em><\/strong>. <em>Svensson<\/em>, <em>Johansson<\/em>, <em>Gustavsson<\/em> belong to the most common last names in Sweden.&nbsp;(Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scb.se\/hitta-statistik\/statistik-efter-amne\/befolkning\/amnesovergripande-statistik\/namnstatistik\/pong\/tabell-och-diagram\/samtliga-folkbokforda--efternamn-topplistor\/efternamn-topp-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SCB<\/a>.) Those names are so common, that you can expect to find&nbsp;at least one of them on a door in each Swedish apartment building. If not there, then at least on&nbsp;one of the mailboxes of the houses&nbsp;next door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the way, the most common Swedish last names that do not end with -son, are <em>Lindberg<\/em>, <em>Lindstr\u00f6m<\/em> and <em>Lindgren<\/em>. <strong>What those names mean, and the reason why so many Swedish last names end with -son, read further below.<\/strong> Including a video with the correct Swedish pronunciation of the <a href=\"#lastnamesvid\">top 10 last names in Sweden<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read more about names in Sweden<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/swedish-boys-names-100-most-popular-names-for-baby-boys-in-sweden\/\" target=\"_blank\">Most common Swedish <strong>boys names<\/strong>, Top 100<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/top-100-swedish-girls-names-popular-female-baby-names-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">Most common&nbsp;Swedish <strong>girls names<\/strong>, Top 100<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/swedish-names-lists-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Swedish names lists and statistics overview<\/a><\/strong> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">List of 100 Most Common Swedish Surnames<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;100 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scb.se\/hitta-statistik\/statistik-efter-amne\/befolkning\/amnesovergripande-statistik\/namnstatistik\/pong\/tabell-och-diagram\/samtliga-folkbokforda--efternamn-topplistor\/efternamn-topp-100\/\" target=\"_blank\">most popular&nbsp;surnames in Sweden<\/a>&nbsp;according to SCB, <em>Statistiska Central Byr\u00e5<\/em>, (counting day 31 December 2019). Here are the <em>Smiths<\/em>, <em>Johnsons<\/em>, <em>Williams<\/em> and <em>Jones<\/em> of Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minor name variations, such as&nbsp;<em>Karlsson<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Carlsson<\/em>&nbsp;are collected under the variation that is most common. For example, the amount of <em>Carlsson<\/em> is added to <em>Karlsson<\/em>.<\/p><div id=\"hejsw-3814070577\" class=\"hejsw-content-sfa-desktop-and-tablet-1 hejsw-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3eu3RS1\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Book about Sweden - How to be Swedish\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1.png\" alt=\"Book about Sweden - How to be Swedish\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1.png 900w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1-800x600.png 800w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Swedish-Surnames-Last-Names-300x173.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Swedish-Surnames-Last-Names-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"Swedish Surnames Last Names\" class=\"wp-image-7274\" style=\"width:300px;height:173px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Swedish-Surnames-Last-Names-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Swedish-Surnames-Last-Names-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Swedish-Surnames-Last-Names-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Swedish-Surnames-Last-Names-1240x713.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Swedish-Surnames-Last-Names.jpg 1436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Most common Swedish lastname on a mailbox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Rank<\/td><td>Lastname<\/td><td>Count<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1<\/td><td>Andersson<\/td><td>238 843<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>Johansson<\/td><td>238 259<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>Karlsson<\/td><td>212 126<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>Nilsson<\/td><td>163 029<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>Eriksson<\/td><td>141 745<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td>Larsson<\/td><td>119 454<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td>Olsson<\/td><td>108 599<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td>Persson<\/td><td>102 721<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td>Svensson<\/td><td>96 369<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td>Gustafsson<\/td><td>93 399<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11<\/td><td>Pettersson<\/td><td>91 137<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12<\/td><td>Jonsson<\/td><td>71 130<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13<\/td><td>Jansson<\/td><td>47 858<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14<\/td><td>Hansson<\/td><td>42 174<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15<\/td><td>Bengtsson<\/td><td>32 923<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16<\/td><td>J\u00f6nsson<\/td><td>30 506<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17<\/td><td>Lindberg<\/td><td>27 569<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18<\/td><td>Jakobsson<\/td><td>26 262<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>19<\/td><td>Magnusson<\/td><td>25 964<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20<\/td><td>Olofsson<\/td><td>25 480<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>21<\/td><td>Lindstr\u00f6m<\/td><td>24 849<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>22<\/td><td>Lindqvist<\/td><td>22 878<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>23<\/td><td>Lindgren<\/td><td>22 805<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>24<\/td><td>Axelsson<\/td><td>22 307<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>25<\/td><td>Berg<\/td><td>21 677<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>26<\/td><td>Bergstr\u00f6m<\/td><td>21 118<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>27<\/td><td>Lundberg<\/td><td>21 025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>28<\/td><td>Lundgren<\/td><td>20 376<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>29<\/td><td>Lind<\/td><td>20 277<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>30<\/td><td>Lundqvist<\/td><td>20 025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>31<\/td><td>Mattsson<\/td><td>19 523<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>32<\/td><td>Berglund<\/td><td>19 088<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>33<\/td><td>Fredriksson<\/td><td>18 108<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>34<\/td><td>Sandberg<\/td><td>17 662<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>35<\/td><td>Henriksson<\/td><td>17 340<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>36<\/td><td>Forsberg<\/td><td>16 568<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>37<\/td><td>Sj\u00f6berg<\/td><td>16 414<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>38<\/td><td>Wallin<\/td><td>15 939<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>39<\/td><td>Engstr\u00f6m<\/td><td>15 518<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>40<\/td><td>Eklund<\/td><td>15 299<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>41<\/td><td>Danielsson<\/td><td>15 228<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>42<\/td><td>H\u00e5kansson<\/td><td>15 090<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>43<\/td><td>Lundin<\/td><td>15 052<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>44<\/td><td>Gunnarsson<\/td><td>14 349<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>45<\/td><td>Bj\u00f6rk<\/td><td>14 282<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>46<\/td><td>Bergman<\/td><td>14 232<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>47<\/td><td>Holm<\/td><td>14 192<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>48<\/td><td>Samuelsson<\/td><td>14 030<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>49<\/td><td>Fransson<\/td><td>13 915<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>50<\/td><td>Wikstr\u00f6m<\/td><td>13 888<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>51<\/td><td>Isaksson<\/td><td>13 735<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>52<\/td><td>Bergqvist<\/td><td>13 422<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>53<\/td><td>Nystr\u00f6m<\/td><td>13 257<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>54<\/td><td>Arvidsson<\/td><td>13 232<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>55<\/td><td>Holmberg<\/td><td>13 099<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>56<\/td><td>L\u00f6fgren<\/td><td>12 862<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>57<\/td><td>Ali<\/td><td>12 754<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>58<\/td><td>S\u00f6derberg<\/td><td>12 662<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>59<\/td><td>Mohamed<\/td><td>12 607<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>60<\/td><td>Nyberg<\/td><td>12 578<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>61<\/td><td>Blomqvist<\/td><td>12 493<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>62<\/td><td>Claesson<\/td><td>12 471<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>63<\/td><td>M\u00e5rtensson<\/td><td>12 194<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>64<\/td><td>Nordstr\u00f6m<\/td><td>12 143<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>65<\/td><td>Lundstr\u00f6m<\/td><td>11 807<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>66<\/td><td>Eliasson<\/td><td>11 479<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>67<\/td><td>P\u00e5lsson<\/td><td>11 460<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>68<\/td><td>Viklund<\/td><td>11 427<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>69<\/td><td>Bj\u00f6rklund<\/td><td>11 357<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>70<\/td><td>Berggren<\/td><td>11 157<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>71<\/td><td>Sandstr\u00f6m<\/td><td>10 804<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>72<\/td><td>Lund<\/td><td>10 769<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>73<\/td><td>Nordin<\/td><td>10 659<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>74<\/td><td>Str\u00f6m<\/td><td>10 567<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>75<\/td><td>\u00c5berg<\/td><td>10 459<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>76<\/td><td>Hermansson<\/td><td>10 407<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>77<\/td><td>Ekstr\u00f6m<\/td><td>10 240<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>78<\/td><td>Holmgren<\/td><td>10 143<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>79<\/td><td>Hedlund<\/td><td>9 984<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>80<\/td><td>Falk<\/td><td>9 948<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>81<\/td><td>Sundberg<\/td><td>9 931<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>82<\/td><td>Dahlberg<\/td><td>9 886<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>83<\/td><td>Hellstr\u00f6m<\/td><td>9 879<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>84<\/td><td>Sj\u00f6gren<\/td><td>9 804<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>85<\/td><td>Abrahamsson<\/td><td>9 591<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>86<\/td><td>Ek<\/td><td>9 488<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>87<\/td><td>Blom<\/td><td>9 485<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>88<\/td><td>Martinsson<\/td><td>9 483<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>89<\/td><td>\u00d6berg<\/td><td>9 431<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>90<\/td><td>Ahmed<\/td><td>9 361<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>91<\/td><td>Andreasson<\/td><td>9 266<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>92<\/td><td>Hassan<\/td><td>9 183<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>93<\/td><td>M\u00e5nsson<\/td><td>9 157<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>94<\/td><td>Str\u00f6mberg<\/td><td>9 082<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>95<\/td><td>\u00c5kesson<\/td><td>8 964<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>96<\/td><td>Hansen<\/td><td>8 804<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>97<\/td><td>Jonasson<\/td><td>8 790<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>98<\/td><td>Norberg<\/td><td>8 751<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>99<\/td><td>\u00c5str\u00f6m<\/td><td>8 696<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>100<\/td><td>Sundstr\u00f6m<\/td><td>8 679<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why So Many Swedish Surnames End with &#8220;-<em>son&#8221;<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Until 1901, it was very common that a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patronymic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">patronymic<\/a>&nbsp;was used when people&nbsp;received their last names. This means that the first name of the father is the base for the creation of a person&#8217;s last name. For example, was your father&#8217;s first name <em>Anders<\/em>, your last name would consequently be <strong><em>Andersson<\/em><\/strong>, &#8220;<strong>Ander&#8217;s son<\/strong>&#8220;. This was the case even if your father&#8217;s <strong>surname<\/strong>&nbsp;was totally different, like <em>Pettersson<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1901, a new law prohibited this procedure. And since 1982 it is allowed (again) to use a patronymic or matronymic, meaning you can&nbsp;use your mother&#8217;s first name as your last name nowadays. This is not uncommon in Iceland. E.g. &#8230;d\u00f3ttir,&nbsp;<em>d\u00f3ttir<\/em> meaning &#8220;doughter&#8221;. But still not&nbsp;very common in Sweden though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meaning of Typical Swedish Surnames<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following words appear often in Swedish names and refer mostly to nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Str\u00f6m &#8211; stream&nbsp;(river)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Berg &#8211; mountain\/hill<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lind &#8211;&nbsp;linden<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ek &#8211;&nbsp;oak<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sj\u00f6 &#8211; lake\/sea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sund &#8211; sea gate\/strait<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00c5 &#8211; small stream\/creek<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00d6 &#8211;&nbsp;island<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bj\u00f6rk &#8211;&nbsp;birch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ny &#8211;&nbsp;new<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>S\u00f6der &#8211;&nbsp;south<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lund &#8211;&nbsp;small forrest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gren &#8211;&nbsp;branch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fors &#8211;&nbsp;cataract<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vik &#8211;&nbsp;bay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Holm &#8211; little island<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Qvist\/Kvist &#8211;&nbsp;twig<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>(Source&nbsp;for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scb.se\/en\/finding-statistics\/statistics-by-subject-area\/population\/general-statistics\/name-statistics\/pong\/tables-and-graphs\/all-registered-persons-in-sweden---last-names-top-100-list\/last-names-top-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Swedish surnames<\/a>: SCB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swedes have a special relationship to nature. Maybe that is the reason why so many Swedish names are related to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"lastnamesvid\">Swedish Pronunciation of the Top 10 Last Names in Sweden <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top 10 Common Swedish LAST NAMES\/SURNAMES\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4PQDKcfsQDk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Check How Common Your Name is in Sweden<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Common-Last-Names-in-Sweden-300x225.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Common-Last-Names-in-Sweden-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Common Last Names in Sweden\" class=\"wp-image-7273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Common-Last-Names-in-Sweden-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Common-Last-Names-in-Sweden-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Common-Last-Names-in-Sweden-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Common-Last-Names-in-Sweden-1240x930.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Would you like to check how popular your name is in Sweden? You can check how many Swedes have the same&nbsp;first name or&nbsp;surname as you. On the website of SCB &nbsp;you can check any name:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scb.se\/hitta-statistik\/sverige-i-siffror\/namnsok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scb.se\/namnsok<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More about Sweden<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/swedish-names-lists-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Swedish names lists and statistics overview<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/basic-sweden-facts-and-fun-facts\/\">Basic Sweden knowledge and fun facts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/typical-swedish-food\/\">Traditional Swedish Food \u2013 What to Try and Avoid in Sweden<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One third of all Swedish surnames end with &#8211;son. Svensson, Johansson, Gustavsson belong to the most common last names in Sweden.&nbsp;(Source:&nbsp;SCB.) Those names are so common, that you can expect to find&nbsp;at least one of &#8230; <a title=\"Top 100 Most Common Swedish Surnames: -son, -quist, -str\u00f6m &#038; Co. (2019)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/swedish-surnames\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Top 100 Most Common Swedish Surnames: -son, -quist, -str\u00f6m &#038; Co. 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