Vigeland Surname

677,464th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 440 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Norway

Vigeland Surname User-submission:

Vigeland is a habitational surname from Vigeland farm, now a municipality, in Vest-Agder, Norway first documented in 1390 as Vikinggaland, Old Norse for 'land owned by a Viking'.

Vigeland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1541:351,80332,234
Norway1431:35,9605,095
United States1341:2,704,917162,137
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Vigeland Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Vigeland is a habitational surname from Vigeland farm, now a municipality, in Vest-Agder, Norway first documented in 1390 as Vikinggaland, Old Norse for 'land owned by a Viking'.

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Vigeland Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vigeland (Russian: Вигеланд) is found most frequently in South Africa. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Vigeland.

How Common Is The Last Name Vigeland? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 677,464th most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,562,604 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 35 percent of Vigeland are found; 35 percent are found in Southern Africa and 35 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 351,803. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 88 percent live, Gauteng, where 6 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 6 percent live. Aside from South Africa this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 30 percent live.

Vigeland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Vigeland has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Vigeland last name increased 13,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Vigeland Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Vigeland surname are 6.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.57% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Vigeland earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 21.66% more than the national average, earning 421,030 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 2.16% less than the national average, earning R 232,512 per year and in United States they earn 6.86% more than the national average, earning $46,110 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Vigeland Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vigeland in the Russian language
Вигеландvigeland-

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