Hergenhahn Surname

662,685th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 453 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Hergenhahn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hergenhahn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3231:249,24327,070
United States1211:2,995,528175,060
France51:13,284,544357,392
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Hergenhahn Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hergenhahn is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Hergenhahn.

How Common Is The Last Name Hergenhahn? popularity and diffusion

It is the 662,685th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 16,087,298 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Hergenhahn are found; 73 percent are found in Western Europe and 72 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 323 people, or 1 in 249,243. In Germany Hergenhahn is most common in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 47 percent are found, Hesse, where 24 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 9 percent are found. Besides Germany this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Hergenhahn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Hergenhahn has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hergenhahn surname expanded 1,210 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hergenhahn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Hergenhahn last name are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 83.33% being registered to vote for the political party.

Hergenhahn earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 35.38% more than the national average, earning $58,416 USD 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
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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 Hergenhahn
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