Hjerth Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Hjerth Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 35 | 1:281,336 | 19,530 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Hjerth Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hjerth Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hjerth is held by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hjerth? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,100,440th most widespread surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Hjerth live; 93 percent live in Northern Europe and 90 percent live in Scandinavia.
The surname Hjerth is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 281,336. In Sweden Hjerth is primarily found in: Stockholm County, where 34 percent live, Östergötland County, where 20 percent live and Gävleborg County, where 17 percent live. Besides Sweden this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent live and The Isle of Man, where 3 percent live.
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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 Hjerth
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