Granholm is a Swedish-language surname, more common in
Finland than in
Sweden
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.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 36.7% of all known bearers of the surname ''Granholm'' were residents of
Finland (frequency 1:5,394), 30.1% of
Sweden
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(1:11,750), 24.9% of the
United States (1:522,795), 4.3% of
Canada (1:306,650) and 1.8% of
Denmark (1:110,677).
In
Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:5,394) in the following regions:
* 1.
Ostrobothnia (1:309)
* 2.
Ă…land (1:1,468)
* 3.
Satakunta (1:3,618)
* 4.
Central Ostrobothnia
Central Ostrobothnia ( fi, Keski-Pohjanmaa; sv, Mellersta Ă–sterbotten) is a region in Finland. It borders the regions of Ostrobothnia, North Ostrobothnia, Central Finland and South Ostrobothnia.
Historical provinces
Municipalities
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(1:3,934)
In
Sweden
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, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:11,750) in the following counties:
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* 1. Västernorrland County (1:2,178)
* 2. Uppsala County (1:5,299)
* 3. Västerbotten County (1:5,876)
* 4. Södermanland County (1:6,205)
* 5. Dalarna County (1:6,508)
* 6. Västmanland County (1:7,629)
* 7. Gotland County (1:8,354)
* 8. Stockholm County
Stockholm County ( sv, Stockholms län, link=no ) is a county or '' län'' (in Swedish) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm ...
(1:8,730)
People
* Jennifer Granholm (b. 1959), US politician
* Nels H. Granholm, for whom Mount Granholm in Antarctica was named
* Svante Granholm
Nils Svante Granholm (born 15 March 1947) is a Swedish former ice hockey forward and Olympian.
Granholm played with Team Sweden at the 1968 Winter Olympics held in Grenoble, France. He previously played for Frölunda HC and Timrå IK in the Swe ...
(b. 1947), Swedish hockey player
See also
* Granholmen (disambiguation)
Granholmen is a island located in the Sandefjordsfjord of Sandefjord, Norway. Situated around five kilometers south of the city center, the island is housing a campground, a cafe, kiosk, pub, soccer field, along with grassland and sandy beaches. I ...
* Mount Granholm
References
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Swedish-language surnames
