Lygård Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Norway

Lygård Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lygård Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Norway71:734,61250,907
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882

Lygård Last Name Facts

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

Lygård occurs in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lygård? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lygård is the 4,427,875th most frequent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Lygård live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 895,160. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Skåne County, where 73 percent live, Kronoberg County, where 18 percent live and Dalarna County, where 9 percent live. Besides Sweden it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 35 percent live and Denmark, where 10 percent live.

Lygård Last Name Statistics demography

Lygård earn somewhat more than the average income. In Norway they earn 14.32% more than the national average, earning 395,635 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lysgård92283/
Lyckgård862/
Ligård8353/
Legård8338/
Lygr801/
Leegård7735/
Lisgård7714/
Lajgård778/
Lekgård773/
Laigård772/
Løjgård772/
Lehgård771/
Leijgård7126/
Lissgård718/
Leisgård715/
Layger67156/
Leyger677/
Loyger671/
Laygert624/
Leagerd624/
Legr6066/
Ligr6034/
Légr605/
Lígr604/
Håløyger571/
Líger551/
Leghr550/
Leager50288/
Leeger50185/
Leiger50120/
Legeer5085/
Laiger5016/
Leighr5011/
Loiger501/

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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 Lygård
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