Jelger Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Jelger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 35 | 1:1,897,792 | 163,564 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Jelger (332) may also be a first name.
Jelger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jelger Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jelger occurs most in France. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jelger? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,100,440th most numerous family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Jelger are found; 90 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Jelger is also the 480,499th most widely held given name in the world, borne by 332 people.
The surname is most commonly held in France, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 1,897,792. In France it is most prevalent in: Grand Est, where 74 percent live, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 20 percent live and Île-de-France, where 3 percent live. Besides France it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 10 percent live and The Netherlands, 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 Jelger
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