Wijgerden Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Wijgerden Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 46 | 1:367,113 | 40,368 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Wijgerden Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wijgerden Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wijgerden is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wijgerden.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijgerden? popularity and diffusion
Wijgerden is the 2,843,861st most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Wijgerden occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wijgerden live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 367,113. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Flevoland, where 17 percent reside, Gelderland, where 17 percent reside and North Brabant, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Scotland, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wijgaerden | 95 | 2 | / |
| Wierden | 88 | 8 | / |
| Wijgaarden | 84 | 1 | / |
| Wygaerden | 78 | 15 | / |
| Wearden | 75 | 726 | / |
| Weerden | 75 | 189 | / |
| Bierden | 75 | 49 | / |
| Waerden | 75 | 12 | / |
| Wuerden | 75 | 8 | / |
| Vierden | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wairden | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bjerden | 75 | 1 | / |
| Weigerding | 74 | 184 | / |
| Waijerdink | 74 | 9 | / |
| Wygarden | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weigherding | 70 | 1 | / |
| Vejgården | 67 | 12 | / |
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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 Wijgerden
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