Torgny Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Torgny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Torgny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden271:364,69525,646
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Torgny (1,761) may also be a first name.

Torgny Last Name Facts

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

Torgny is found most in Sweden. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Torgny? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,141,416th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Torgny live; 77 percent live in Northern Europe and 77 percent live in Scandinavia. Torgny is also the 182,443rd most widely held given name on earth. It is borne by 1,761 people.

Torgny is most common in Sweden, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 364,695. In Sweden Torgny is most frequent in: Västra Götaland County, where 41 percent are found, Skåne County, where 22 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Sweden this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 10 percent are found and Brazil, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Touringny801/
Torgnes7764/
Torgner7717/
Targney771/
Torgness715/
Targhnyi712/
Turgne6791/
Turgné676/
Targni671/
Tarkgne622/
Taharghnaya594/
Tahrghni574/

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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 Torgny
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