Heyligen Surname

566,665th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 558 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Heyligen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Heyligen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium4611:24,9383,950
France601:1,107,045119,335
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Heyligen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Heyligen occurs most in Belgium. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Heyligen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 566,665th most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 13,060,118 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Heyligen are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 73 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is borne by 461 people, or 1 in 24,938. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 88 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 12 percent are found. Other than Belgium this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in France, where 11 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Heyligen Last Name Statistics demography

Heyligen earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 12.64% less than the national average, earning $43,402 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Heylighen94123/
Heiyligen941/
Heligen935/
Hyligen931/
Heiligen885/
Heylegen881/
Helligen880/
Eligen867/
Heijligen8235/
Eliguen8036/
Yeligen8014/
Helizen801/
Hiligen801/
Helegen800/
Heijlighen7814/
Hellisen7515/
Gelligen759/
Gelisgen758/
Hilligen758/
Halligen757/
Cheligem751/
Chelegen751/
Hellegen750/
Helliesen71345/
Helleisen71166/
Elizen71123/
Elisen71103/
Iligen7153/
Eligön7148/
Hilligenn7137/
Aligen7112/
Eligin715/
Elegen715/
Khelidjen711/
Elijen711/
Elicen711/
Hillighen710/
Ayelign674,509/
Yelegen67850/
Gelegen67644/
Aligaen67432/
Illigen67244/
Elijzen67183/
Ellisen67163/
Aliguen67132/
Eliesen67129/
Eleguen67103/
Elgezen6748/
Eliguin6725/
Elegien6714/
Elijean675/
Helesen674/
Elisien673/
Heleijn673/
Elaigne673/
Elegent673/
Yiligin672/
Ellicen672/
Helezen672/
Yeligin672/
Ellizen672/
Chelgechen671/
Aligent671/
Hellijn671/
Haligne671/
Eloigne671/
Elijsen671/
Ayilign671/
Galigen670/
Giligen670/
Halisen670/
Ellegen670/
Hillign670/

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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 Heyligen
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