Rydén

surname · Latin script

Rydén is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Lancs; Somerset; Kent. see Rigden . 2 English: see Riden .

rarermore common
  • SESweden1 in 2.9K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 331K
  • BJBenin≈1 in 22K

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)

3,469 people

Sources
195 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Ryden in US United States, GB United Kingdom, IE Ireland and 2 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(measured from records)

Main GB Location (1881): Lancs; Somerset; Kent. see Rigden . 2 English: see Riden .

Sources 1

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rydén 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 Rydén is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SE Sweden#3853,4691 in 2.9K3.5KRydén59
US United States—1,0061 in 331K1.4KRyden195
BJ Benin—≈590 est.≈1 in 22K—Ryden3
GH Ghana—≈190 est.≈1 in 151K—Ryden5
GB United Kingdom—≈180 est.≈1 in 363K158Ryden74
NO Norway—1321 in 41K132Rydén11
IE Ireland—≈51 est.≈1 in 102K—Ryden7
FI Finland—401 in 139K40—1

3,469 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)

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

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Rydèn, Ryden

  • Spanish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Sweden, Argentina

    Also written Ryden

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Sweden

    Also written Ryden

  • Swedish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Denmark, Norway

    Languages: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish

    Also written Ryden

24 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)

18001850190019502000Lars Gustaf Rydén, b. 1821Värner Rydén, b. 1878Ebbe Rydén, b. 1907Sigurd Rydén, b. 1910Josef Rydén, b. 1932Rune Rydén, b. 1939Inger Rydén, b. 1944Folke Rydén, b. 1958Susanne Rydén, b. 1962Ida Maria Rydén, b. 1970

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 8 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Rydén
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—3.5K#295
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—40#27,854

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • 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

What does the name Rydén mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): Lancs; Somerset; Kent. see Rigden . 2 English: see Riden . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
In which country does Rydén have the most bearers?
In Sweden, the national register counted about 3.5 thousand people named Rydén, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rydén.
Where is Rydén most common?
Rydén is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.9 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Rydén?
In Sweden, the national register counted 3,469 people named Rydén, about 1 in 2.9 thousand residents.
How common is Rydén compared with other names?
In Sweden, Rydén is the 385th most common surname of 187,334 surnames 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, “Rydén” — the 385th most common surname in Sweden. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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