Vallegant Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Vallegant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vallegant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France91:7,380,302306,885
Spain21:23,376,018128,922

The alternate forms: Vallégant (1) are calculated separately.

Vallegant Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vallegant is found most in France. It may occur in the variant forms: Vallégant. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vallegant? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,812,366th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Vallegant live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

Vallegant is most commonly occurring in France, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 7,380,302. In France it is most frequent in: Brittany, where 89 percent reside and Hauts-de-France, where 11 percent reside. Beside France this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Spain, where 18 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vallégant961/
Valegant945/
Valagant8216/
Valeghan826/
Balegant821/
Valligan821/
Valégant821/
Wallegan820/
Valaganth781,041/
Falligant7878/
Vallaigan781/
Ballegain780/
Balegan7585/
Valigan753/
Baligant71148/
Faligant71110/
Balligan7133/
Balégant711/
Balligand67830/
Wallegham6713/
Vallaigam671/
Valaghand671/
Valagandh671/
Woollegan670/

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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 Vallegant
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