Heylighen Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Heylighen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 102 | 1:112,712 | 16,775 |
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
Heylighen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Heylighen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Heylighen occurs more in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Heylighen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,628,521st most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Heylighen live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Heylighen is most widespread in Belgium, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 112,712. In Belgium Heylighen is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 94 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 4 percent live and Walloon Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding Belgium this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heyligen | 94 | 558 | / |
| Heiyligen | 89 | 1 | / |
| Heligen | 88 | 5 | / |
| Hyligen | 88 | 1 | / |
| Heijlighen | 84 | 14 | / |
| Heiligen | 82 | 5 | / |
| Heylegen | 82 | 1 | / |
| Helligen | 82 | 0 | / |
| Eligen | 80 | 7 | / |
| Heijligen | 78 | 35 | / |
| Hillighen | 78 | 0 | / |
| Eligene | 75 | 239 | / |
| Eliguen | 75 | 36 | / |
| Yeligen | 75 | 14 | / |
| Hiligen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Helegen | 75 | 0 | / |
| Heligoin | 71 | 27 | / |
| Eliguene | 71 | 14 | / |
| Gelligen | 71 | 9 | / |
| Hilligen | 71 | 8 | / |
| Allighen | 71 | 7 | / |
| Halligen | 71 | 7 | / |
| Chelegen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cheligem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Galighen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Hellegen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Iligen | 67 | 53 | / |
| Eligön | 67 | 48 | / |
| Hilligenn | 67 | 37 | / |
| Aligen | 67 | 12 | / |
| Elegen | 67 | 5 | / |
| Eligin | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gallighen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Helegesen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gillighen | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Heylighen
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