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 surname Hjerth is borne by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hjerth? popularity and diffusion
Hjerth is the 3,100,440th most widespread last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Hjerth occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Hjerth are found; 93 percent are found in Northern Europe and 90 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 281,336. In Sweden Hjerth is most frequent in: Stockholm County, where 34 percent are found, Östergötland County, where 20 percent are found and Gävleborg County, where 17 percent are found. Barring Sweden it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent are found and The Isle of Man, where 3 percent are found.
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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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