Herwegen Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Herwegen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Herwegen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Herwegen Last Name Facts

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

Herwegen is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Herwegen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,602,217th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name Herwegen is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Herwegen are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Herwegen is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,981,684. In Germany Herwegen is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 59 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 30 percent reside and Saxony-Anhalt, where 7 percent reside. Other than Germany Herwegen exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 3 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Herrwegen9416/
Herwagen8843/
Heerwagen82700/
Herveguen8234/
Hierwagen8220/
Herrwagen823/
Eirwagen751/
Herwejem751/
Herwezem751/
Heervagen716/
Hiervagen712/
Herwijn6790/
Erbezen672/
Erbaygin501/

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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 Herwegen
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