Widgeon Surname

878,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 307 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Widgeon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Widgeon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3061:1,184,50684,519
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States621:809,97950,387

Widgeon Last Name Facts

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

Widgeon is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Widgeon? popularity and diffusion

Widgeon is the 878,878th most prevalent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 23,737,935 people. The surname Widgeon is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Widgeon are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Widgeon is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 306 people, or 1 in 1,184,506. In The United States it is most frequent in: Virginia, where 31 percent reside, Maryland, where 17 percent reside and Georgia, where 9 percent reside. Beside The United States it exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside.

Widgeon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Widgeon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Widgeon surname expanded 494 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Widgeon Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Widgeon surname are 27.47% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 74.24% registered to vote for the party.

Widgeon earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.32% more than the national average, earning $43,285 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wigeon920/
Vidgeon8691/
Wedgeon860/
Bidgeon860/
Bigeon77832/
Vigeon77318/
Boigeon7119/
Bedgeon711/
Wigeand711/
Wigeant711/
Vigeont711/
Wisehon710/
Wisehoon676/
Waiseong671/
Vidjeoun671/
Beiageon670/

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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 Widgeon
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