Allgäuer Surname

434,076th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 792 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein

Allgäuer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Allgäuer Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria4891:17,4142,650
Germany1551:519,39043,831
Switzerland991:82,9599,414
Liechtenstein491:78396
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Allgäuer Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Allgäuer Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Allgäuer occurs more in Austria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Allgäuer.

How Common Is The Last Name Allgäuer? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 434,076th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 9,201,447 people. The last name Allgäuer occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Allgäuer reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Allgäuer is most commonly occurring in Austria, where it is borne by 489 people, or 1 in 17,414. In Austria Allgäuer is most frequent in: Vorarlberg, where 98 percent live, Tyrol, where 2 percent live and Lower Austria, where 1 percent live. Not including Austria it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 20 percent live and Switzerland, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Allgeuer8859/
Allgaeuer8223/
Allgeier753,626/
Allgeyer75882/
Allgöwer75557/
Allgower7573/
Allgaver753/
Allgiver750/
Allgover750/
Allgoewer7168/
Allgoever719/
Algeier67124/
Algeyer6774/
Algover6710/
Algaver672/
Algawer672/
Algiber671/
Allgeweahr670/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Allgäuer
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