Hengist Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Hengist Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Hengist (12) may also be a first name.
Hengist Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hengist Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hengist is most common in Brazil. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hengist? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hengist is the 3,665,662nd most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Hengist occurs mostly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Hengist are found; 48 percent are found in South America and 48 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used forename internationally. It is borne by 12 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 15,291,024. In Brazil Hengist is primarily concentrated in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 86 percent reside and Santa Catarina, where 14 percent reside. Barring Brazil it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 34 percent reside and Northern Ireland, where 14 percent reside.
Hengist Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Hengist has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Hengist surname expanded 167 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 80 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
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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 Hengist
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