Bankwitz Surname

1,181,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 201 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Bankwitz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bankwitz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1771:454,83340,228
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Bankwitz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bankwitz is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bankwitz? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,181,191st most frequently occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Bankwitz live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 177 people, or 1 in 454,833. In Germany Bankwitz is most common in: Saxony, where 21 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Germany this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.

Bankwitz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bankwitz has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 182 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bankwitz Last Name Statistics demography

Bankwitz earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.13% less than the national average, earning $42,232 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Backwitz881/
Baukwitz880/
Bankwitse822/
Bagwitz8018/
Bonckcwitz781/
Bockwitz7552/
Bakwitse751/
Boskwitz750/
Boncwitz750/
Bookwitz750/
Bakwaitse714/
Bockweitz711/
Bagweiz6755/
Bogwitz6711/
Banquiz678/
Bajkuiz671/

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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 Bankwitz
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