Rygaard Surname

371,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 966 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Rygaard Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rygaard Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark7151:7,895718
Sweden1161:84,8866,261
United States911:3,983,065216,270
Brazil261:8,233,628183,715
Greenland71:8,054710
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Rygaard Last Name Facts

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

Rygaard is carried by more people in Denmark than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Rygaard? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 371,590th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 7,544,043 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Rygaard are found; 87 percent are found in Northern Europe and 86 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name Rygaard is most frequent in Denmark, where it is held by 715 people, or 1 in 7,895. In Denmark Rygaard is most prevalent in: Capital Region of Denmark, where 36 percent are found, Central Denmark Region, where 35 percent are found and Region Zealand, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Denmark this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.

Rygaard Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rygaard surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 83.33% registered with the political party.

Rygaard earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.23% more than the national average, earning $49,720 USD per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Rygaard
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