Heringen Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Heringen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Heringen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Heringen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Heringen is most common in Sweden. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Heringen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Heringen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most widely held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Heringen reside; 50 percent reside in Northern Europe and 50 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Sweden, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 4,923,378. In Sweden Heringen is most frequent in: Halland County, where 50 percent live and Värmland County, where 50 percent live. Beside Sweden this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 25 percent live.

Heringen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Heringen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Heringen surname 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 Heringen
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