Flegal Surname

389,749th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 909 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Flegal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Flegal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8541:424,42536,716
Canada521:708,56956,910
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1241:404,98929,999

Flegal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Flegal is found most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Flegal.

How Common Is The Last Name Flegal? popularity and diffusion

It is the 389,749th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 8,017,102 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Flegal reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 99 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 854 people, or 1 in 424,425. In The United States Flegal is mostly concentrated in: Nevada, where 13 percent reside, California, where 12 percent reside and Georgia, where 9 percent reside. Aside from The United States it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 6 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Flegal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Flegal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Flegal last name rose 689 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Flegal Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Flegal last name are 35.66% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 88.89% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Flegal earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.54% more than the national average, earning $44,244 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.98% more than the national average, earning $56,629 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fleegal92142/
Fleugal920/
Fleegale862/
Flagal837/
Fligal830/
Flingal775/
Phlegal771/
Flygale771/
Vellegal7151/
Villegal716/
Velgal672/
Velghal621/
Villagal577/
Felgueil571/
Vlgol551/

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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 Flegal
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