Bamberg Surname
Approximately 5,261 people bear this surname
Bamberg Surname Definition:
(German) One who came from Bamberg (Bab's hill), in Bavaria.
Bamberg Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,756 | 1:45,846 | 6,008 |
| United States | 1,432 | 1:253,114 | 24,023 |
| Brazil | 1,209 | 1:177,067 | 6,823 |
| Finland | 134 | 1:41,020 | 5,167 |
| Russia | 96 | 1:1,501,282 | 102,725 |
| South Africa | 87 | 1:622,732 | 46,743 |
| Paraguay | 87 | 1:83,181 | 2,051 |
| Netherlands | 69 | 1:244,742 | 31,623 |
| France | 69 | 1:962,648 | 108,938 |
| Luxembourg | 49 | 1:11,848 | 2,062 |
| Norway | 49 | 1:104,945 | 14,093 |
| England | 34 | 1:1,638,766 | 68,634 |
| Sweden | 33 | 1:298,387 | 20,789 |
| Belarus | 23 | 1:413,090 | 41,560 |
| Denmark | 17 | 1:332,042 | 23,714 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 165 | 1:304,356 | 24,088 |
Bamberg (19) may also be a first name.
Bamberg Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who came from Bamberg (Bab's hill), in Bavaria.
(from a place name) From Bamberg, a town in Bavaria.
Bamberg Demographics
Bamberg Political Affiliation
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Bamberg Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bamberg Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bamberg (Arabic: بامبرج, Russian: Бамберг) is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bamberg? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 91,016th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,385,202 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 51 percent of Bamberg are found; 37 percent are found in Western Europe and 36 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Bamberg is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 19 people.
The surname Bamberg is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 1,756 people, or 1 in 45,846. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent are found, Berlin, where 14 percent are found and Bavaria, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Germany Bamberg is found in 47 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Brazil, where 23 percent are found.
Bamberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bamberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bamberg surname rose 868 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 378 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bamberg Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Bamberg last name is chiefly Orthodox (82%) in Russia and Orthodox (43%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Bamberg surname are 39.03% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 92.26% being registered with the party.
The amount Bamberg earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 17.95% less than the national average, earning 283,944 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 65.77% less than the national average, earning R 81,336 per year and in United States they earn 0.73% less than the national average, earning $42,836 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bamberg Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bamberg in the Russian language | ||
| Бамберг | bamberg | - |
| Bamberg in the Arabic language | ||
| بامبرج | bambrj | - |
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