Westin

Westin is a Swedish surname. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 53.2% of all known bearers of the surname Westin were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:2,799), 21.8% of the United States (1:250,869), 14.5% of Brazil (1:212,370), 2.1% of Norway (1:36,214), 1.9% of Canada (1:294,384), 1.6% of Australia (1:218,109) and 1.0% of Finland (1:80,835). In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,799) in the following counties: 1. Västernorrland County (1:413) 2. Gävleborg County (1:1,334) 3. Västerbotten County (1:1,811) 4. Uppsala County (1:1,851) 5. Stockholm County (1:2,029) 6. Jämtland County (1:2,103) People David Westin (born 1952), American television news anchor and former president of ABC News Jens Westin (born 1989), Swedish ice hockey player John Westin (born 1992), Swedish ice hockey player, brother of Jens Leslie L. Westin (1917-1985), American educator and politician Sherrie Rollins Westin, American nonprofit leader and government official and wife of David Lars Westin, Swedish Jazz journalist and radio personality