Wegard Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Wegard Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wegard Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Wegard (46) may also be a first name.

Wegard Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wegard is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wegard? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,228,735th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name Wegard occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Wegard reside; 70 percent reside in North America and 70 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,484,914th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 46 people.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 13,940,728. In The United States Wegard is primarily found in: New York, where 35 percent live, New Jersey, where 27 percent live and California, where 23 percent live. Not including The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 16 percent live and Germany, where 11 percent live.

Wegard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wegard has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wegard last name expanded 433 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wegard Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wegard last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered with the party.

Wegard earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 47.12% more than the national average, earning $63,479 USD per year.

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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 Wegard
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