Wigur Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Wigur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wigur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Wigur Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wigur is most common in Sweden. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wigur? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,427,875th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Wigur is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Wigur live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname Wigur is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 518,250. In Sweden Wigur is most prevalent in: Skåne County, where 26 percent reside, Västra Götaland County, where 26 percent reside and Stockholm County, where 21 percent reside. Excluding Sweden Wigur exists in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wiggur9160/
Wigurd912/
Wighur910/
Weisgur8311/
Waigure835/
Bigur8040/
Vigur8022/
Wigor8017/
Weisgurt7715/
Weisgour779/
Vigour73450/
Vaigur7327/
Uighur7325/
Viggur7318/
Baigur738/
Weigor732/
Bigour732/
Vigure732/
Whigor731/
Weegur730/
Biggur730/
Vigourt67145/
Vigueur6757/
Veigure6756/
Vaisgur672/
Biggour671/

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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 Wigur
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