Hirsiger Surname

539,451st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 596 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Hirsiger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hirsiger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland5601:14,6662,423
Uruguay141:245,12618,218
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Hirsiger Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hirsiger is more commonly found in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Hirsiger.

How Common Is The Last Name Hirsiger? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 539,451st most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 12,227,426 people. The last name Hirsiger occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Hirsiger live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Switzerland, where it is carried by 560 people, or 1 in 14,666. In Switzerland Hirsiger is most numerous in: Canton of Bern, where 24 percent reside, Canton of Lucerne, where 24 percent reside and Canton of Zürich, where 20 percent reside. Besides Switzerland this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Uruguay, where 2 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

Hirsiger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Hirsiger has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 25 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hirsiger Last Name Statistics demography

Hirsiger earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 78.45% more than the national average, earning $77,000 USD per year.

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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
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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 Hirsiger
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