Wigen Surname
Approximately 971 people bear this surname
Wigen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 723 | 1:501,326 | 42,168 |
| Norway | 153 | 1:33,610 | 4,715 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| Sweden | 35 | 1:281,336 | 19,530 |
| Denmark | 18 | 1:313,595 | 22,770 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
The alternate forms: Wigén (13) are calculated separately.
Wigen (29) may also be a first name.
Wigen Demographics
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Wigen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wigen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wigen is found most in The United States. It may appear as: Wigén. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wigen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wigen is the 370,091st most commonly held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 7,505,197 people. The surname Wigen occurs mostly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Wigen live; 76 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America. Wigen is also the 1,951,561st most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 29 people.
It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 723 people, or 1 in 501,326. In The United States Wigen is mostly concentrated in: Washington, where 24 percent are found, Minnesota, where 18 percent are found and Montana, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 16 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.
Wigen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wigen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wigen surname grew 3,805 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wigen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wigen surname are 23.44% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.21% registered with the party.
The amount Wigen earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 12.14% less than the national average, earning 304,072 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.66% more than the national average, earning $45,160 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.43% less than the national average, earning $49,470 CAD 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 Wigen
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