Begard Surname
Approximately 673 people bear this surname
Begard Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 659 | 1:100,793 | 14,799 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
The alternate forms: Bégard (10) are calculated separately.
Begard (36) may also be a first name.
Begard Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Begard Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Begard is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Bégard. For other possible spellings of Begard click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Begard? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 491,715th most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 10,828,449 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Begard are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Begard is also the 1,717,090th most commonly held given name on earth, borne by 36 people.
The last name is most commonly used in France, where it is carried by 659 people, or 1 in 100,793. In France Begard is most frequent in: Hauts-de-France, where 27 percent live, Grand Est, where 27 percent live and Île-de-France, where 20 percent live. Apart from France Begard exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 1 percent live and Ireland, where 0 percent live.
Begard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Begard has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Begard
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