Wygold Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Wales

Wygold Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wygold Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Wales111:281,32115,850
England81:6,964,757184,742
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Wygold Last Name Facts

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

Wygold is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wygold.

How Common Is The Last Name Wygold? popularity and diffusion

Wygold is the 3,274,477th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Wygold live; 53 percent live in Northern Europe and 53 percent live in British Isles.

Wygold is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 5,031,591. In Germany Wygold is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 56 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 44 percent reside. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Wales, where 31 percent reside and England, where 22 percent reside.

Wygold Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wygold has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Wygold surname grew 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weygold9259/
Wygol913/
Weygoldt8677/
Wysgol8335/
Wigold8310/
Weigold772,354/
Wiegold77495/
Wajgold7718/
Wysgoll774/
Wejgold772/
Waigold771/
Weggold770/
Wygal73750/
Wigol732/
Weingold71265/
Weigoldt7136/
Waisgold7133/
Weihgold7128/
Waingold7124/
Veyngold7122/
Wajngold7114/
Weighold717/
Wejngold717/
Wieghold712/
Vayngold711/
Begold67145/
Bigold6740/
Weissgold6718/
Waigol6710/
Vigold673/
Beygol672/
Baygol672/
Wygall672/
Weygalldt671/
Weigol671/
Wicgol671/

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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 Wygold
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