Hygum Surname
Approximately 313 people bear this surname
Hygum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 310 | 1:18,209 | 1,791 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Hygum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hygum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hygum has its highest incidence in Denmark. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hygum? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 866,642nd most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 23,282,894 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Hygum live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.
The surname Hygum is most prevalent in Denmark, where it is carried by 310 people, or 1 in 18,209. In Denmark it is mostly concentrated in: Region of Southern Denmark, where 56 percent are found, Central Denmark Region, where 22 percent are found and North Denmark Region, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Denmark Hygum is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 0 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.
Hygum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Hygum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hygum surname contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heygum | 91 | 26 | / |
| Hoygum | 91 | 1 | / |
| Higum | 80 | 127 | / |
| Hygom | 80 | 77 | / |
| Hegum | 80 | 9 | / |
| Yogum | 80 | 6 | / |
| Aygum | 80 | 4 | / |
| Uygum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Highum | 73 | 242 | / |
| Heggum | 73 | 127 | / |
| Yogoum | 73 | 15 | / |
| Heigum | 73 | 6 | / |
| Chigum | 73 | 5 | / |
| Chegum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Higume | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khigum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yigoum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gehgum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hoigum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hengum | 73 | 0 | / |
| Chigume | 67 | 1,154 | / |
| Egum | 67 | 565 | / |
| Igum | 67 | 213 | / |
| Haygune | 67 | 17 | / |
| Chegoum | 67 | 5 | / |
| Chingum | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chengum | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ygom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yingoum | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Hygum
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