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

Heringen is more frequently found in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Heringen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Heringen live; 50 percent live in Northern Europe and 50 percent live in Scandinavia.

It is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 4,923,378. In Sweden Heringen is most numerous in: Halland County, where 50 percent reside and Värmland County, where 50 percent reside. Aside from Sweden Heringen exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 25 percent reside.

Heringen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Heringen has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name 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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