Heggernes Surname

738,530th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 391 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Heggernes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Heggernes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway3351:15,3501,829
United States481:7,551,228341,161
Senegal51:2,915,8685,479
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Heggernes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Heggernes is found most in Norway. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Heggernes? popularity and diffusion

Heggernes is the 738,530th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 18,638,225 people. Heggernes is primarily found in Europe, where 86 percent of Heggernes are found; 86 percent are found in Northern Europe and 86 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name Heggernes is most frequent in Norway, where it is carried by 335 people, or 1 in 15,350. In Norway it is primarily concentrated in: Western Norway, where 79 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 14 percent live and Central Norway, where 4 percent live. Barring Norway this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 12 percent live and Senegal, where 1 percent live.

Heggernes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Heggernes has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Heggernes last name increased 960 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Heggernes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Heggernes last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Heggernes earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 5.56% less than the national average, earning 326,838 kr per year and in United States they earn 26.4% more than the national average, earning $54,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Heggerness9526/
Hegrenes82243/
Gigernes8250/
Engernes8212/
Eernes800/
Hegreness7833/
Hagernesh7816/
Hearnes75171/
Hoernes7592/
Egarnes7552/
Haernes751/
Gearnes750/
Goernes750/
Agernesh714,990/
Hierneis7116/
Hagernäs7114/
Engernäs713/
Exernest711/
Hearness710/
Hingernesch700/
Exerne6738/
Earnes6725/
Yernes678/
Oernes671/
Kheirenes671/
Cheghrene671/

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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 Heggernes
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