Vigoureux Surname

256,490th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,537 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Vigoureux Surname User-submission:

This surname derives from a central France dialectal form of the French adjective vigoureux, which means 'strong' or 'vigorous', probably describing originally the physical appearance of the individual.

Vigoureux Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1,1841:56,1007,455
Mauritius1711:7,5641,591
Belgium1061:108,45916,244
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
United States161:22,653,683662,747
England121:4,643,172139,951
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Vigoureux (56) may also be a first name.

Vigoureux Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname derives from a central France dialectal form of the French adjective vigoureux, which means 'strong' or 'vigorous', probably describing originally the physical appearance of the individual.

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Vigoureux Demographics

Average Vigoureux Salary in
United States

$58,929 USD

Per year
Rank:
218,130 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
4.83671E-6
Rank: 652,108 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
136.57%
Sample size: 7 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Vigoureux Last Name Facts

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

Vigoureux occurs most in France. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vigoureux? popularity and diffusion

Vigoureux is the 256,490th most frequent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,741,409 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Vigoureux live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Vigoureux is also the 1,321,957th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 56 people.

Vigoureux is most frequent in France, where it is held by 1,184 people, or 1 in 56,100. In France it is most frequent in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 20 percent live, Île-de-France, where 20 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 18 percent live. Not including France this surname occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Mauritius, where 11 percent live and Belgium, where 7 percent live.

Vigoureux Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Vigoureux has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Vigoureux surname rose 320 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Vigoureux Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Vigoureux earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 18.1% more than the national average, earning R 280,656 per year and in United States they earn 36.57% more than the national average, earning $58,929 USD per year.

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Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vigoreux9410/
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Vigoureox891/
Viguereux891/
Vigreux882,216/
Vigourox822/
Vigouroox781/
Vigorie7514/
Vigurie758/
Bigourie71267/
Vikorx670/
Vegurehe592/
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