Hegtun Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Hegtun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hegtun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway111:467,48139,375
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Hegtun Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hegtun is most common in Norway. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Hegtun.

How Common Is The Last Name Hegtun? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hegtun is the 5,391,485th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Hegtun reside; 85 percent reside in Northern Europe and 85 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most common in Norway, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 467,481. In Norway it is most prevalent in: Eastern Norway, where 91 percent live and Southern Norway, where 9 percent live. Aside from Norway this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent live.

Hegtun Last Name Statistics demography

Hegtun earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 3.56% less than the national average, earning 333,769 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hagtun8312/
Hegton831/
Häggtun778/
Ektun735/
Agtun732/
Egton731/
Higton67802/
Akhtun67111/
Egthuysen6718/
Hecton6713/
Hekton677/
Ektung671/
Ikhtun671/
Eigton670/

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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 Hegtun
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