Hegdon Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
England

Hegdon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hegdon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:1,287,65971,386

Hegdon Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hegdon occurs most in India. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hegdon? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,593,402nd most common family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 67 percent of Hegdon live; 67 percent live in South Asia and 67 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

Hegdon is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India it is most frequent in: Kerala, where 100 percent reside. Beside India this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 17 percent reside and The United States, where 17 percent reside.

Hegdon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Hegdon has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Hegdon last name contracted 86 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Heigdon921/
Egdon9110/
Higdon8313,619/
Hagdon83173/
Hegdan8333/
Egdong8330/
Hogdon8315/
Higgdon772/
Haigdon771/
Hogddon771/
Highdon771/
Heckdon771/
Hegdoom771/
Hingdon770/
Agdon731,756/
Ogdon73534/
Igdon7378/
Egdom7375/
Egdan7324/
Egdun731/
Ecdon731/
Chegdane719/
Chengdan711/
Chingdon711/
Egdane67107/
Hagdan6723/
Jegdan675/
Higdun671/
Hogdan671/
Egdang671/
Agdoon671/
Aekdon671/
Eagdan670/
Higdom670/
Higdan670/

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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 Hegdon
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