Hegenscheidt Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein

Hegenscheidt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Hegenscheidt Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany721:1,118,13174,279
Liechtenstein41:9,5941,348
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Hegenscheidt Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hegenscheidt is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hegenscheidt? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,091,648th most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Hegenscheidt live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 1,118,131. In Germany Hegenscheidt is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 39 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 32 percent live and Saxony, where 15 percent live. Not including Germany Hegenscheidt exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Liechtenstein, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hegenscheid9613/
Egenscheid911/
Hugen Sheidt831/
Egenchi741/
Hugenschütt7023/
Heigense701/
Egense6777/
Haginoshita6155/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Hegenscheidt
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