Heerwagen Surname

477,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 700 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Heerwagen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Heerwagen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3581:224,87625,165
United States2001:1,812,295118,682
Denmark1041:54,2765,548
Chile241:734,02016,565
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England21:27,859,030389,889
France21:33,211,361423,184
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Heerwagen Last Name Facts

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

Heerwagen has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Heerwagen.

How Common Is The Last Name Heerwagen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Heerwagen is the 477,400th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,410,780 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Heerwagen are found; 51 percent are found in Western Europe and 51 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 358 people, or 1 in 224,876. In Germany Heerwagen is mostly concentrated in: Thuringia, where 44 percent live, Saxony, where 17 percent live and Berlin, where 13 percent live. Besides Germany this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent live and Denmark, where 15 percent live.

Heerwagen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Heerwagen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Heerwagen surname increased 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Heerwagen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Heerwagen last name are 5.74% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.97% registered with the political party.

The amount Heerwagen earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 13.18% more than the national average, earning $48,837 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.52% less than the national average, earning $45,946 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Herwagen9443/
Hierwagen8920/
Heervagen896/
Herrwagen893/
Hearewagen840/
Herwegen8230/
Eirwagen821/
Herrwegen7816/
Hiervagen782/
Eruagn671/
Irwasen632/
Gervagin597/
Irvaguen591/
Erbaygin591/
Cheruasing531/

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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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  • 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 Heerwagen
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