Jergen Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Jergen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 32 | 1:256,654 | 21,165 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Jergen (454) may also be a first name.
Jergen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jergen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jergen is carried by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Jergen.
How Common Is The Last Name Jergen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jergen is the 2,483,783rd most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Jergen live; 65 percent live in Western Europe and 63 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 401,195th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 454 people.
The surname Jergen is most commonly occurring in Switzerland, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 256,654. In Switzerland Jergen is most common in: Canton of Zürich, where 50 percent reside, Canton of Bern, where 44 percent reside and Canton of Basel-Stadt, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Switzerland this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.
Jergen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Jergen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Jergen
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