Westegaard Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Westegaard Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westegaard Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States751:4,832,786249,377
Norway131:395,56035,657
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Westegaard Last Name Facts

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

The surname Westegaard occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Westegaard? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,980,395th most common family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The surname Westegaard occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Westegaard reside; 84 percent reside in North America and 84 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 4,832,786. In The United States Westegaard is most frequent in: South Dakota, where 36 percent reside, Utah, where 23 percent reside and Wisconsin, where 16 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 15 percent reside and Denmark, where 1 percent reside.

Westegaard Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Westegaard last name are 15.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.5% being registered with the political party.

The amount Westegaard earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 24.22% less than the national average, earning 262,261 kr per year and in United States they earn 1.23% more than the national average, earning $43,680 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Westegard9528/
Wastegaard903/
Westegar890/
Westigard8415/
Westagard848/
Westegoord801/
Betegar7172/
Witegar710/
Whitegar6735/
Vestigar674/
Bistegar671/
Betigar5954/
Vitegar591/
Bittegar561/
Bettigar561/
Betteghor531/

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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 Westegaard
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