Kjelgaard Surname
Approximately 612 people bear this surname
Kjelgaard Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 441 | 1:12,800 | 1,227 |
| United States | 123 | 1:2,946,821 | 172,836 |
| Norway | 18 | 1:285,683 | 29,080 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Kjelgaard Demographics
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Kjelgaard Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kjelgaard Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kjelgaard occurs more in Denmark more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kjelgaard? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 528,890th most common surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 11,907,755 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Kjelgaard are found; 78 percent are found in Northern Europe and 77 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name Kjelgaard is most frequent in Denmark, where it is held by 441 people, or 1 in 12,800. In Denmark it is primarily found in: North Denmark Region, where 60 percent reside, Central Denmark Region, where 14 percent reside and Region Zealand, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Denmark it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Norway, where 3 percent reside.
Kjelgaard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kjelgaard has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kjelgaard surname grew 4,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kjelgaard Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kjelgaard last name are 7.78% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.55% registered with the political party.
The amount Kjelgaard earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 4.29% more than the national average, earning 360,934 kr per year and in United States they earn 7.88% less than the national average, earning $39,750 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kjellgard | 89 | 13 | / |
| Kjølgaard | 89 | 3 | / |
| Kielgaard | 89 | 2 | / |
| Kjellhard | 78 | 11 | / |
| Kiilgaard | 78 | 7 | / |
| Kiellard | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kielgart | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kégelart | 59 | 2 | / |
| Chieyleard | 53 | 5 | / |
| Quéheillard | 50 | 1 | / |
| Queheillard | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Kjelgaard
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