Granholm
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Granholm is a Swedish-language surname, more common in Finland than in Sweden.
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 (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:
Ostrobothnia (1:309)
Åland (1:1,468)
Satakunta (1:3,618)
Central Ostrobothnia (1:3,934)
In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:11,750) in the following counties:
Västernorrland County (1:2,178)
Uppsala County (1:5,299)
Västerbotten County (1:5,876)
Södermanland County (1:6,205)
Dalarna County (1:6,508)
Västmanland County (1:7,629)
Gotland County (1:8,354)
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.
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