Håkan

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Norwegian
Danish

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Origin and Meaning

Swedish younger form of Hákon

Related Names

See Hákon

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Håkanson
Håkansson

Female

Håkansdotter

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Håkan
Genitive:	Håkans

- Finnish
Nominative:	Håkan
Genitive:	Håkanin
Partitive:	Håkania

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Håkan
Genitive:	Håkans

- Swedish
Nominative:	Håkan
Genitive:	Håkans

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)

28 July

Sweden

14 June

Further Information

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden: 1950-1969
• Norway: 1955-1960

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Blekinge (19th century) see map
  • Skåne (19th century) see map

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		25508	52100	0	6	25508	52094
Finland		n.a.	2927	0	0	n.a.	2927
Denmark		21	n.a.	0	n.a.	21	n.a.
Norway		99	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	99	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

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Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Håkan (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.