Degn Surname
Approximately 2,513 people bear this surname
Degn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 1,906 | 1:2,962 | 247 |
| United States | 368 | 1:984,943 | 73,005 |
| Austria | 104 | 1:81,879 | 12,272 |
| Norway | 24 | 1:214,262 | 24,079 |
| Australia | 23 | 1:1,173,726 | 64,589 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Greenland | 14 | 1:4,027 | 416 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Degn (65) may also be a first name.
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Degn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Degn Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Degn is most common in Denmark. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Degn? popularity and diffusion
The surname Degn is the 171,359th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,899,939 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Degn live; 77 percent live in Northern Europe and 77 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 1,212,820th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 65 people.
The last name Degn is most common in Denmark, where it is borne by 1,906 people, or 1 in 2,962. In Denmark it is most numerous in: Central Denmark Region, where 36 percent are found, Region of Southern Denmark, where 21 percent are found and Capital Region of Denmark, where 21 percent are found. Apart from Denmark Degn exists in 23 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent are found and Austria, where 4 percent are found.
Degn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Degn has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Degn last name expanded 5,257 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Degn Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Degn surname are 10.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.33% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Degn earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 10.32% less than the national average, earning 310,367 kr per year; in United States they earn 3.45% more than the national average, earning $44,637 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.08% more than the national average, earning $52,703 CAD per year.
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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 Degn
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