Hergest Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Hergest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 107 | 1:520,730 | 32,731 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 8 | 1:196,052 | 7,186 |
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Hergest (11) may also be a first name.
Hergest Demographics
Average Hergest Salary in
England
£25,633
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Hergest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hergest Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hergest is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hergest? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,736,881st most common last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Hergest live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in British Isles. Hergest is also the 3,487,849th most common first name in the world, borne by 11 people.
The surname Hergest is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 107 people, or 1 in 520,730. In England it is primarily found in: Kent, where 49 percent live, Gloucestershire, where 21 percent live and Worcestershire, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account England Hergest is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent live and Scotland, where 1 percent live.
Hergest Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Hergest has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 1,529 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 87 percent between 1881 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 Hergest
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