Hardegen Surname

701,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 420 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Hardegen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hardegen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3281:245,44326,770
United States771:4,707,259244,676
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Hardegen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hardegen is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hardegen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hardegen is the 701,000th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 17,351,300 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 81 percent of Hardegen live; 81 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Hardegen is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 328 people, or 1 in 245,443. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 30 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 24 percent live and Thuringia, where 16 percent live. Excluding Germany Hardegen occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent live and Switzerland, where 2 percent live.

Hardegen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hardegen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hardegen surname expanded 550 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hardegen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Hardegen are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered with the political party.

Hardegen earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.31% more than the national average, earning $50,188 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 Hardegen
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