Granholm is a Swedish-language surname, more common in
Finland
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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
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(frequency 1:5,394), 30.1% of
Sweden
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(1:11,750), 24.9% of the
United States
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(1:522,795), 4.3% of
Canada
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(1:306,650) and 1.8% of
Denmark
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(1:110,677).
In
Finland
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, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:5,394) in the following regions:
* 1.
Ostrobothnia (1:309)
* 2.
Ă…land
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(1:1,468)
* 3.
Satakunta
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(1:3,618)
* 4.
Central Ostrobothnia
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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
Västernorrland County () is a county ('' län'') in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of Gävleborg, Jämtland, Västerbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia.
The name ''Västernorrland'' means "Western Norrland", as it was in the ...
(1:2,178)
* 2. Uppsala County (1:5,299)
* 3. Västerbotten County
Västerbotten County (), sometimes called Westrobothnia, is a county or '' län'' in the north of Sweden. It shares the borders with the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Norrbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the ...
(1:5,876)
* 4. Södermanland County
Södermanland County (, ) is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' on the southeast coast of Sweden. In the local Sörmlandic dialects it is virtually universally shortened and pronounced as Sörmlands län, or simply Sörmland, which is the ...
(1:6,205)
* 5. Dalarna County
Dalarna County () is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmark and Trøndelag to ...
(1:6,508)
* 6. Västmanland County (1:7,629)
* 7. Gotland County
Gotland County () is a county or of Sweden. Gotland is located in the Baltic Sea to the east of Ă–land, and is the largest of Sweden's islands. Counties are usually sub-divided into municipalities, but Gotland County consists of only one count ...
(1:8,354)
* 8. Stockholm County (1:8,730)
People
* Jennifer Granholm (b. 1959), US politician
* Nels H. Granholm, for whom Mount Granholm in Antarctica was named
* Svante Granholm (b. 1947), Swedish hockey player
See also
* Granholmen (disambiguation)
* Mount Granholm
References
{{Surname
Swedish-language surnames