Hälg Surname

626,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 489 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Hälg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hälg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland4861:16,8992,775
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Halg (14) are calculated separately.

Hälg Last Name Facts

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

Hälg is held by more people in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Halg. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hälg? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 626,382nd most commonly held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 14,902,957 people. Hälg occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Hälg live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most common in Switzerland, where it is held by 486 people, or 1 in 16,899. In Switzerland it is most frequent in: Canton of St Gallen, where 58 percent reside, Canton of Zürich, where 10 percent reside and Canton of Thurgau, where 7 percent reside. Besides Switzerland it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 0 percent reside and Liechtenstein, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Halg9214/
Hälgh893/
Älg861/
Helg75961/
Hilg7525/
Hälk759/
Älgå757/
Holg757/
Ahlg751/
Ehlg751/
Ihlg751/
Hälgová731/
Helgø6779/
Haelg6769/
Helgå6755/
Chelg6740/
Hälke6733/
Chilg678/
Halgh677/
Helgh676/
Heilg675/
Chalg675/
Helhg672/
Holgk671/
Hailg671/
Hallg671/
Hoylg671/
Heelg670/

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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 Hälg
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