Riggestad Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Riggestad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Riggestad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riggestad Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Riggestad is more frequently found in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Riggestad? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Riggestad reside; 67 percent reside in Northern Europe and 67 percent reside in Scandinavia.
This surname is most prevalent in Sweden, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,461,689. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Gävleborg County, where 50 percent live, Kalmar County, where 25 percent live and Södermanland County, where 25 percent live. Not including Sweden this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reggestad | 89 | 26 | / |
| Riggeta | 88 | 1 | / |
| Rheggestad | 84 | 1 | / |
| Reiestad | 82 | 130 | / |
| Regestad | 82 | 11 | / |
| Rigeta | 80 | 1 | / |
| Reistad | 75 | 1,061 | / |
| Regesta | 75 | 144 | / |
| Roestad | 75 | 32 | / |
| Rigetta | 75 | 16 | / |
| Raestad | 75 | 4 | / |
| Roistad | 75 | 1 | / |
| Reastad | 75 | 0 | / |
| Righetta | 71 | 15 | / |
| Reystead | 71 | 8 | / |
| Reitstad | 71 | 4 | / |
| Reigeita | 71 | 1 | / |
| Riogetta | 71 | 1 | / |
| Reistadt | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ruestead | 71 | 0 | / |
| Regeta | 67 | 91 | / |
| Rigita | 67 | 42 | / |
| Rigeto | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Riggestad
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