Eggestein Surname

1,276,805th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Eggestein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Eggestein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1471:547,65645,370
United States321:11,326,842445,236
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Eggestein Last Name Facts

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

The last name Eggestein occurs most in Germany. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Eggestein.

How Common Is The Last Name Eggestein? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,276,805th most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Eggestein are found; 82 percent are found in Western Europe and 82 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 147 people, or 1 in 547,656. In Germany it is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 52 percent are found, Saxony-Anhalt, where 27 percent are found and Berlin, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent are found.

Eggestein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Eggestein has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Eggestein last name expanded 213 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Eggestein Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Eggestein last name are 10.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 63.64% registered with the political party.

Eggestein earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.44% less than the national average, earning $33,896 USD 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
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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 Eggestein
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