Hijwegen Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
Hijwegen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 147 | 1:114,879 | 18,247 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Hijwegen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hijwegen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hijwegen occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hijwegen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,447,279th most common family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. Hijwegen is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Hijwegen live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Hijwegen is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 114,879. In The Netherlands Hijwegen is most numerous in: Gelderland, where 91 percent are found, South Holland, where 5 percent are found and Flevoland, where 1 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands it is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heijwegen | 94 | 40 | / |
| Hijweegen | 94 | 10 | / |
| Heiwegen | 88 | 188 | / |
| Hywegen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Heywegen | 75 | 15 | / |
| Hebgen | 71 | 500 | / |
| Ewegen | 71 | 31 | / |
| Ivegen | 71 | 29 | / |
| Hauweghen | 71 | 12 | / |
| Iwagen | 71 | 10 | / |
| Hibgen | 71 | 3 | / |
| Hoyweghen | 71 | 2 | / |
| Iwegin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Iwesen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chiewgeen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jwseen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hefgen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Jueguen | 67 | 236 | / |
| Juesgen | 67 | 11 | / |
| Iwaigen | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hewjeen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iwgn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ehwagen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Juengen | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Hijwegen
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