Wergens Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Wergens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wergens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden101:984,67673,605
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Wergens Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wergens is more frequently found in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wergens? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Wergens occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Wergens live; 77 percent live in Northern Europe and 77 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most numerous in Sweden, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 984,676. In Sweden Wergens is most numerous in: Stockholm County, where 60 percent are found and Västerbotten County, where 40 percent are found. Apart from Sweden it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.

Wergens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wergens has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wergens surname fell 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bergens86409/
Vergens8625/
Bergenås8019/
Bergensø806/
Viergens801/
Whargens801/
Virgens712,360/
Vargens71425/
Werginz71186/
Bergins71171/
Vergenz71133/
Birgens7116/
Wargins7113/
Vergins715/
Bergnæs712/
Bergenz711/
Bersens711/
Berzens711/
Börgens711/
Verginst6713/
Berzensh672/
Virgenst671/
Vertjens671/
Berrgins670/

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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 Wergens
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