Blegan Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Blegan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Blegan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Ivory Coast41:5,767,80855,416
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Blegan Last Name Facts

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

Blegan is most common in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Blegan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,391,485th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 46 percent of Blegan live; 46 percent live in North America and 46 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Blegan is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 60,409,822. In The United States it is primarily found in: Washington, where 33 percent live, California, where 17 percent live and Idaho, where 17 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 31 percent live and Luxembourg, where 8 percent live.

Blegan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Blegan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Blegan last name declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Blegan Last Name Statistics demography

Blegan earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.05% less than the national average, earning $37,950 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bleigan920/
Billegan866/
Bellegan863/
Blagan83300/
Blăgan8388/
Bligan8313/
Blegon8311/
Blogan833/
Blaggan77246/
Bligand7758/
Blegone779/
Wleganc773/
Bligant773/
Blaghan773/
Wlegand771/
Bleegon771/
Belligan7156/
Villegan7129/
Blegacem714/
Billigan712/
Willegan710/
Blagon6782/
Bliganova6719/
Belligand6711/
Bellaghan677/
Blogon677/
Blegom671/
Blegassem671/
Bligon670/

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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
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  • 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 Blegan
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