Westman is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Westman
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Westman

How popular is Westman?

Westman is common in United States.

Westman is ranked 37905 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Westman bearers increased by 6.971428 per cent in 2010 US census to 2808 since 2000, the surname slipped by 157 spots and ranked at 11257. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.55 95.2
Hispanic or Latino 2.42 1.52
Others 1.39 1.03
Black 1.18 1.1
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.78 0.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.68 0.65
Westman is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Sweden which signifies that it is originated from Sweden. Around 12974 people have been found who wears Westman as their family name. Westman is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
46,707 New Zealand5
381,097 Ukraine4
119,730 Brazil3
184,212 France3
78,945 Argentina3
16,605 Austria3
65,594 Belgium2
50,640 Switzerland2
147,165 Czech Republic2
1,834 Malta2
18,718 Thailand2
26,532 Chile2
1,500,361 India2
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
408 Åland1
153,416 Italy1
15,162 Costa Rica1
18,969 Wales1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
1,879 Belize1
16,640 Hong Kong1
14,373 Jordan1
28,365 Kenya1
17,575 Kuwait1
16,073 Latvia1
12,745 Luxembourg1
38,830 Morocco1
58,885 Poland1
7,941 Guatemala1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
21,562 Portugal1
25,721 Egypt1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
17,489 Denmark30
68,343 Spain23
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
442,509 Russia12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,372 Norway92
5,083 Ireland66
17,264 Israel59
39,248 Netherlands53
Countries with hundreds of Westman:
8,809 South Africa731
6,481 Canada657
1,286 Finland652
9,333 Australia301
21,023 England247
43,536 Germany235
Countries with thousands of Westman:
137 Sweden6,526
11,212 United States3,213
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Alexander Westman worked as whitesmith and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 23 years old embarked for Upper-Canada from Liverpool on Cornelia and arrived on June 11, 1849. Immigrant Hannah Westman, James Westman (23) Workman, are others that migrated to US.

Westman Namesakes

  • Iza Westman, Actress
  • Gucci Westman, Makeup Artist
  • Bertil Westman, Author
  • Tom Westman, TV Personality
  • Benjamin Westman, Soccer player
  • Nydia Westman, Actress
  • Karl Gustaf Westman, Political leader
  • Iza Westman, Actress
  • Johanna Westman, Children's book author
  • Lennart Westman, Composer
  • Courtney Danielle Westman, from 2018 drama and horror movie Arte Factum: Legends, who portrayed The Guest Star.

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