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 surname Begard is found most in France. It may be found as a variant: Bégard. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Begard? popularity and diffusion
It is the 491,715th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 10,828,449 people. This surname is primarily found 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 numerous first name in the world It is held by 36 people.
The surname is most commonly used in France, where it is held by 659 people, or 1 in 100,793. In France it is most frequent in: Hauts-de-France, where 27 percent reside, Grand Est, where 27 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 20 percent reside. Besides France Begard exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 1 percent reside and Ireland, where 0 percent reside.
Begard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Begard has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Begard surname fell 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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