Heggestad Surname

612,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 504 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Heggestad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Heggestad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2561:1,415,85597,523
Norway2051:25,0843,360
Canada241:1,535,233104,339
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Heggestad Last Name Facts

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

Heggestad is most common in The United States. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Heggestad click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Heggestad? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 612,595th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 14,459,416 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Heggestad reside; 55 percent reside in North America and 55 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Heggestad is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 256 people, or 1 in 1,415,855. In The United States Heggestad is primarily concentrated in: Minnesota, where 31 percent reside, Wisconsin, where 7 percent reside and Missouri, where 6 percent reside. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 41 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.

Heggestad Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Heggestad has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 3,657 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Heggestad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Heggestad surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Heggestad earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 17.31% less than the national average, earning 286,181 kr per year; in United States they earn 20.26% more than the national average, earning $51,892 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.37% less than the national average, earning $40,058 CAD 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
  • 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 Heggestad
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