Per-Olof

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Per-Olof is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SESweden1 in 2.3K(measured from records)
  • BJBenin≈1 in 12K
  • FIFinland1 in 37K

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)

4,374 people

Sources
63 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.3K (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 Perolof in US United States.

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.

Sources 1

Where in the world(measured from records)

Per-Olof 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 Per-Olof is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SE Sweden#4494,3741 in 2.3K4.4KPer-Olof63
BJ Benin#371≈1,100 est.≈1 in 12K—Per-Olof5
FI Finland—1511 in 37K369Per-Olof9
DE Germany—≈37 est.≈1 in 2.2M—Per-Olof24
US United States—≈16 est.≈1 in 21M—Perolof26
NO Norway—≈14 est.≈1 in 400K42Per-Olof4
EE Estonia—≈3 est.≈1 in 352KlistedPer-Olof3

4,374 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population), counting the spelling per-olof. 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 — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); the ee-siseministeerium-registry register. 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)

Per-Olof is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Perolof

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, Finland

    Also written Perolof

26 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)

1850190019502000Per-Olof Arvidsson, b. 1864Per-Olof Olsson, b. 1915Per-Olof Strindberg, b. 1920Per-Olof Åstrand, b. 1922Per Olof Ultvedt, b. 1927Per-Olof Östrand, b. 1930Per-Olof Svensson, b. 1942Per-Olof Sännås, b. 1949Pelle Karlsson, b. 1950Per-Olof Erixon, b. 1954
  • Per-Olof Arvidssonb. 1864SEnot in their usual namesport shooter (1864–1947)
  • Per-Olof Olssonb. 1915SEnot in their usual nameSwedish architect (1915–1991)
  • Per-Olof Strindbergb. 1920SEnot in their usual namepolitician and Member of the parliament of Sweden (1920-1995)
  • Per-Olof Åstrandb. 1922SEnot in their usual nameSwedish physiologist
  • Per Olof Ultvedtb. 1927SEnot in their usual nameSwedish sculptor (1927–2006)
  • Per-Olof Östrandb. 1930SEnot in their usual nameswimmer (1930–1980)
  • Per-Olof Svenssonb. 1942SEnot in their usual nameSwedish politician
  • Per-Olof Sännåsb. 1949SEnot in their usual nameSwedish photographer
  • Pelle Karlssonb. 1950SEnot in their usual nameSwedish composer, musician and writer
  • Per-Olof Erixonb. 1954SEnot in their usual nameProfessor at Department of Creative Studies (Teacher Education) Umeå University.

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 10 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Per-Olof
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—4.4K#671
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20024.2K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20034.2K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20044.2K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20054.2K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20064.2K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20074.1K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20084.1K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20094.1K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20104K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20114K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20123.9K—

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

Is Per-Olof a male or female name?
Per-Olof is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Per-Olof have the most bearers?
In Sweden, the national register counted about 4.4 thousand people named Per-Olof, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled Per-Olof.
Where is Per-Olof most common?
Per-Olof is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.3 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Per-Olof?
In Sweden, the national register counted 4,374 people named Per-Olof, about 1 in 2.3 thousand residents.
How common is Per-Olof compared with other names?
In Sweden, Per-Olof is the 449th most common given name of 45,482 given names recorded there.

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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, “Per-Olof” — the 449th most common given name in Sweden. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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