Igesund Surname

1,001,271st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 255 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Igesund Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Igesund Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1531:33,6104,715
South Africa761:712,86550,752
Scotland111:486,71119,179
England51:11,143,612252,590
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Igesund Last Name Facts

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

The surname Igesund occurs in Norway more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Igesund? popularity and diffusion

The last name Igesund is the 1,001,271st most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,578,611 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Igesund live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 61 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name Igesund is most commonly held in Norway, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 33,610. In Norway it is most common in: Western Norway, where 67 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 22 percent live and Northern Norway, where 8 percent live. Aside from Norway Igesund occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 30 percent live and Scotland, where 4 percent live.

Igesund Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Igesund earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 9.1% more than the national average, earning 377,563 kr per year and in South Africa they earn 176.8% more than the national average, earning R 657,792 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ingesund931/
Igesun928/
Egesund8620/
Agesund866/
Isesund862/
Igeshun861/
Engesund8013/
Aggesund8012/
Hagesund808/
Ijesun7716/
Häggesund751/
Ijeseun714/
Egeesun713/
Ejesund712/
Higgeson672/
Heigeson672/
Iguechoun631/
Ejisun62131/
Egeson6252/
Ejesun6214/
Ijezun621/
Eggeson5726/
Ejessun571/
Higison571/
Higgison53410/
Highison536/
Yggesson533/
Hegesson531/
Eagieson531/
Higgisson50131/
Higgisonn501/

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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 Igesund
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