Trygve Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Greenland

Trygve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Trygve Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Greenland11:56,3791,133

Trygve (8,700) may also be a first name.

Trygve Last Name Facts

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

The surname Trygve is found in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Trygve? popularity and diffusion

Trygve is the 4,116,508th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 87 percent of Trygve live; 87 percent live in Northern Europe and 87 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 67,220th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 8,700 people.

The last name Trygve is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 615,422. In Sweden Trygve is primarily found in: Stockholm County, where 100 percent live. Not including Sweden Trygve exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Trygved926/
Tryggve922/
Trigve831/
Trygva831/
Tryggvi7710/
Tregver771/
Trigue67239/
Tregbe6782/
Tregue676/
Treague62128/
Treagbe621/
Triguea621/
Tregbeh621/
Tregouet57514/
Traingue574/
Trégouet571/
Trigui50731/
Trique5051/
Treque5050/
Tregui503/
Trequi501/

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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 Trygve
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