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

The last name Altgård is found most frequently in Sweden. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Altgård.

How Common Is The Last Name Altgård? popularity and diffusion

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

This surname is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 223,790. In Sweden it is mostly found in: Kronoberg County, where 64 percent reside, Skåne County, where 16 percent reside and Stockholm County, where 16 percent reside. Outside of Sweden this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

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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