Edwiges Surname

1,079,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 229 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Edwiges Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Edwiges Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1301:510,94471,022
Brazil921:2,326,89571,923
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Edwiges (3,415) may also be a first name.

Edwiges Last Name Facts

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

The surname Edwiges is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Edwiges? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,079,669th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 31,823,345 people. The surname Edwiges is primarily found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Edwiges are found; 40 percent are found in South America and 40 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 121,812th most widespread given name worldwide. It is borne by 3,415 people.

The last name is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 130 people, or 1 in 510,944. In France it is most frequent in: Martinique, where 42 percent live, Île-de-France, where 42 percent live and Guadeloupe, where 14 percent live. Beside France this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 40 percent live and Mexico, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Edviges8645/
Edwijes864/
Edwices861/
Eduiges861/
Hedwigis8011/
Edvinges803/
Edvisges801/
Hedvigues751/
Adviges712/
Edvijes711/
Edveges711/
Odviges711/
Adweges711/
Eduigis711/
Hedvigis6715/
Edueijes671/
Jitwises532/

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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 Edwiges
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