Påhlsson

surname · Latin script

Påhlsson is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SESweden1 in 24K(measured from records)
  • FIFinland1 in 186K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 1.1M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sweden (measured from records)

426 people

Sources
13 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 24K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Pahlsson in SE Sweden, US United States, DE Germany and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Påhlsson counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Påhlsson is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SE Sweden4261 in 24K426Pahlsson6
FI Finland301 in 186K30——
US United States≈16 est.≈1 in 20M—Pahlsson13
DE Germany≈8 est.≈1 in 9.5M—Pahlsson9
CH Switzerland81 in 1.1M8—2
CA Canada≈3 est.≈1 in 11M—Pahlsson7

426 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population), counting the spelling påhlsson. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Påhlsson is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Sweden

    Also written Pahlsson

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Pahlsson

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Pahlsson

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Pahlsson

8 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Tage Påhlsson, b. 1938Johnny Påhlsson, b. 1941Robert Påhlsson, b. 1956Thomas Påhlsson, b. 1967Magnus Påhlsson, b. 1976Samuel Påhlsson, b. 1977Malte Påhlsson, b. 1999

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Påhlsson have the most bearers?
In Sweden, the national register counted about 426 people named Påhlsson, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pahlsson.
Where is Påhlsson most common?
Påhlsson is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 24 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Påhlsson?
In Sweden, the national register counted 426 people named Påhlsson, about 1 in 24 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Påhlsson”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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