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Hegde Surname Meaning

Indian (Karnataka): Bunt and Jain name from Kannada heggaḍe

Old Kannada pergaḍe meaning ‘chief headman’

(from per ‘great’ + kaḍe ‘end limit’).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Hegde families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Hegde family name was found in the USA, and Scotland between 1851 and 1920. The most Hegde families were found in USA in 1920. In 1851 there was 1 Hegde family living in Lanarkshire. This was 100% of all the recorded Hegde's in Scotland. Lanarkshire had the highest population of Hegde families in 1851.
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Between 1993 and 2002, in the United States, Hegde life expectancy was at its lowest point in 2002, and highest in 2000. The average life expectancy for Hegde in 1993 was 59, and 49 in 2002.

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