Altgård Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Altgård Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Altgård 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
Sweden441:223,79015,522
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Altgård Last Name Facts

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

Altgård is found most frequently in Sweden. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Altgård? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,843,861st most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Altgård live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name Altgård is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 223,790. In Sweden it is most numerous in: Kronoberg County, where 64 percent are found, Skåne County, where 16 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 16 percent are found. Other than Sweden this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

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
Aldgård8626/
Altgärde8022/
Aldegård807/
Holtgård803/
Altagard801/
Aldengård758/
Oldgård719/
Aldgard712/
Holdgård6713/
Oldegård674/
Eldegård673/
Heldgård671/
Oldengård6312/
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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 Altgård
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