Westgård Surname

576,198th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 546 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Westgård Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westgård Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway4981:10,3261,140
Sweden351:281,33619,530
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Finland31:1,832,23457,803

Westgård Last Name Facts

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

The surname Westgård is found most frequently in Norway. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Westgård? popularity and diffusion

Westgård is the 576,198th most common last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 13,347,154 people. The surname Westgård is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Westgård live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequent in Norway, where it is borne by 498 people, or 1 in 10,326. In Norway it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 55 percent are found, Central Norway, where 20 percent are found and Northern Norway, where 18 percent are found. Besides Norway this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 6 percent are found and Denmark, where 2 percent are found.

Westgård Last Name Statistics demography

Westgård earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 14.3% less than the national average, earning 296,602 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Westgårdh948/
Vestgård88205/
Wästgård884/
Wästgårds826/
Västgård7511/
Widengård7150/
Weidegård718/
Weijdegård6715/
Widgård674/
Widdgård6316/
Vittgård638/
Betgeer531/

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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
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  • 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 Westgård
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