Heggum Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Heggum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Heggum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway771:66,7839,424
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
England11:24,375,369195,128

Heggum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Heggum is carried by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Heggum? popularity and diffusion

The last name Heggum is the 1,596,935th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Heggum reside; 72 percent reside in Northern Europe and 72 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name Heggum is most widely held in Norway, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 66,783. In Norway it is primarily found in: Eastern Norway, where 75 percent reside, Central Norway, where 22 percent reside and Western Norway, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Norway this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 16 percent reside and The United States, where 12 percent reside.

Heggum Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Heggum earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 2.91% less than the national average, earning 336,005 kr per year; in United States they earn 82.6% more than the national average, earning $78,788 USD per year and in Canada they earn 35.19% more than the national average, earning $67,168 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eggum91820/
Hegum919/
Heygum8326/
Heggom8320/
Heigum836/
Chegum831/
Hengum830/
Egum80565/
Heggund7726/
Chegoum775/
Chengum772/
Enggaum771/
Engum73514/
Gegum73452/
Hygum73313/
Higum73127/
Egume7355/
Hagum7348/
Eigum7311/
Egoum739/
Aggum738/
Oggum737/
Hogum736/
Eegum735/
Eggom735/
Eagum734/
Ahgum733/
Jegum732/
Aegum732/
Eugum731/
Eggun731/
Hegun730/
Cheugoum714/
Cheghoum712/
Chiegoum712/
Egoume67630/
Highum67242/
Inggum6726/
Chegun6722/
Enggun677/
Chigum675/
Gingum674/
Geghum673/
Chegom672/
Gegaum671/
Hegoun671/
Khigum671/
Jeghum671/
Heegun671/
Hegung671/
Higume671/
Engaum671/
Engoum671/
Cheighoum671/
Gehgum671/
Hoygum671/
Hoigum671/
Gaigum671/
Heggon670/
Higgun670/

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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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  • 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 Heggum
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