Westerholm Explained

Westerholm is a Swedish-language surname, more common in Finland than in Sweden.^[1]

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 53.5% of all known bearers of the surname Westerholm were residents of Finland (frequency 1:4,284), 25.0% of Sweden (1:16,439), 15.6% of the United States (1:963,337) and 1.0% of Estonia (1:57,464).

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:4,284) in the following regions:

• 1. Ostrobothnia (1:1,413)
• 2. Åland (1:1,794)
• 3. Uusimaa (1:1,928)
• 4. Southwest Finland (1:3,368)

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:16,439) in the following counties:^[2]

• 1. Södermanland County (1:7,159)
• 2. Blekinge County (1:7,330)
• 3. Uppsala County (1:9,204)
• 4. Kalmar County (1:9,455)
• 5. Stockholm County (1:10,061)
• 6. Östergötland County (1:10,673)
• 7. Jönköping County (1:12,739)

People

• Barbro Westerholm (1933–2023), Swedish politician
• Charles Westerholm (1897–1977), American cyclist
• George Westerholm, Canadian musician, singer, comedian and writer
• Raino Westerholm (1919–2017), Finnish politician
• Victor Westerholm (1860–1919), Finnish landscape painter

Notes and References

1. Web site: Westerholm. Forebears.io. 2017-10-18.
2. https://forebears.io/surnames/westerholm Westerholm surname distribution