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 found most in France. It may also appear as a variant: Bégard. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Begard? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 491,715th most widely held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 10,828,449 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Begard live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Begard is also the 1,717,090th most frequently used given name at a global level It is held by 36 people.
The surname Begard is most commonly held in France, where it is borne by 659 people, or 1 in 100,793. In France Begard is mostly concentrated in: Hauts-de-France, where 27 percent are found, Grand Est, where 27 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 20 percent are found. Without taking into account France it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 1 percent are found and Ireland, where 0 percent are found.
Begard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Begard has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Begard surname contracted 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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