Axelsson
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Axelsson is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country, where it is the 23rd most common surname. Recorded meaning: a surname originating as a patronymic.
- SESweden1 in 493(measured from records)
- BJBenin≈1 in 2.1K
- FIFinland1 in 13K
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)
- Sources
- 149 (measured from records)
- 1 in 493 (inferred from the name graph)
20,701 people
Highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a surname originating as a patronymic
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Axelsson 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | #23 | 20,701 | 1 in 493 | 21K | Axelsson | 149 |
| BJ Benin | #151 | ≈6,100 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | — | Axelsson | 5 |
| CN China | — | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 1.9M | — | Axelsson | 3 |
| FI Finland | — | 416 | 1 in 13K | 416 | Axelsson | 14 |
| NO Norway | — | 340 | 1 in 16K | 340 | Axelsson | 29 |
| IS Iceland | #439 | ≈22 est. | ≈1 in 16K | 3 | Axelsson | 37 |
20,701 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Einar Axelssonb. 1895SESwedish actor (1895–1971)
- Nils Axelssonb. 1906SESwedish footballer (1906-1989)
- Sun Axelssonb. 1935SESwedish writer (1935-2011)
- Kurt Axelssonb. 1941SESwedish footballer (1941–1984)
- Majgull Axelssonb. 1947SESwedish writer and journalist
- Peter Axelssonb. 1967SEbadminton player
- Princess Carina, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburgb. 1968USnot in their usual nameAmerican model
- P. J. Axelssonb. 1975SESwedish ice hockey player
- Dick Axelssonb. 1987SESwedish ice hockey player
- Isabelle Axelssonb. 2001SESwedish climate activist
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 22 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 21K | #25 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 416 | #4,059 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 340 | #4,390 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 157 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- What does the name Axelsson mean, and where does it come from?
- a surname originating as a patronymic Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Axelsson have the most bearers?
- In Sweden, the national register counted about 21 thousand people named Axelsson, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled axelsson.
- Where is Axelsson most common?
- Axelsson is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 493 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Axelsson?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 20,701 people named Axelsson, about 1 in 493 residents.
- How common is Axelsson compared with other names?
- In Sweden, Axelsson is the 23rd most common surname of 187,334 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Axelsson?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/axelssonThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Axelsson” — the 23rd most common surname in Sweden. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.