Heigen Surname
Approximately 17,515 people bear this surname
Heigen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 17,507 | 1:7,302 | 1,083 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Heigen (11) may also be a first name.
Heigen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Heigen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Heigen occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Heigen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 30,485th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 416,075 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Heigen live; 100 percent live in East Asia and 100 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Heigen is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 11 people.
This surname is most numerous in Japan, where it is held by 17,507 people, or 1 in 7,302. In Japan Heigen is most prevalent in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 13 percent reside, Kagoshima Prefecture, where 10 percent reside and Niigata Prefecture, where 8 percent reside. Other than Japan this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Peru, where 0 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.
Heigen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Heigen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Heigen last name declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Heigen
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