Barkholz Surname

940,398th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 279 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Barkholz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Barkholz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1421:566,94046,426
United States1231:2,946,821172,836
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Bärkholz (11) are calculated separately.

Barkholz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Barkholz is found most frequently in Germany. It can also occur as a variant: Bärkholz. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Barkholz? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 940,398th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 26,120,236 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 55 percent of Barkholz are found; 51 percent are found in Western Europe and 51 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 566,940. In Germany Barkholz is most frequent in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 28 percent live, Bavaria, where 13 percent live and Saxony-Anhalt, where 13 percent live. Other than Germany this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 44 percent live and Denmark, where 3 percent live.

Barkholz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Barkholz has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Barkholz surname rose 1,757 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Barkholz Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Barkholz are 12.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.82% being registered with the political party.

Barkholz earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.25% more than the national average, earning $50,161 USD per year.

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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 Barkholz
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