Bygden Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Finland

Bygden Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bygden Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Bygdén (191) are calculated separately.

Bygden Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bygden is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Bygdén. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bygden? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,605,694th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Bygden reside; 78 percent reside in North America and 78 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 16,475,406. In The United States it is primarily found in: Michigan, where 59 percent live, Florida, where 23 percent live and Tennessee, where 14 percent live. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 38 percent live and Finland, where 9 percent live.

Bygden Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Bygden earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.67% more than the national average, earning $44,733 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.88% more than the national average, earning $56,083 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bygdén94191/
Bigden83241/
Bygdin8313/
Begden832/
Byggdin7742/
Beagden770/
Wigden6734/
Vigden6723/
Begdenova672/
Vygdin672/
Wegden672/
Begdng672/
Begdem671/
Bigdem671/
Bigdin670/
Beakden621/
Whegden620/
Wigdén5013/
Wegdén502/
Wecden500/

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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 Bygden
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