Joergen Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Joergen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Joergen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Joergen (550) may also be a first name.

Joergen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Joergen occurs most in Brazil. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Joergen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Joergen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Joergen is the 5,812,366th most widespread family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 45 percent of Joergen live; 36 percent live in South America and 36 percent live in Luso-South America. Joergen is also the 359,069th most widely held forename in the world, held by 550 people.

The last name is most widespread in Brazil, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 53,518,583. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: Rio de Janeiro, where 50 percent live and São Paulo, where 50 percent live. Outside of Brazil this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 18 percent live and Poland, where 18 percent live.

Joergen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Joergen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Joergen surname contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jorgen92117/
Juergen86274/
Jeurgen8624/
Joersen8621/
Yoergen860/
Jeargen860/
Joerene860/
Joerißen8083/
Joereßen8013/
Juergenn801/
Jurgen77506/
Jorgin7794/
Jörgen7767/
Järgen7710/
Jargen774/
Joerissen7595/
Joeressen7514/
Joerihsen7513/
Coersen7168/
Yeargen719/
Jaurgen712/
Coerzen711/
Jaersen711/
Jourgin711/
Soersen710/
Joerressen710/
Zioerjen6710/
Jeurißen671/
Jourgain671/

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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 Joergen
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