Bechtluft Surname

1,637,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Bechtluft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bechtluft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1131:712,43854,203
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
France21:33,211,361423,184
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Bechtluft Last Name Facts

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

Bechtluft occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bechtluft? popularity and diffusion

Bechtluft is the 1,637,889th most prevalent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Bechtluft are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 712,438. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 63 percent live, Hesse, where 24 percent live and Berlin, where 9 percent live. Outside of Germany it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.

Bechtluft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bechtluft has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bechtlufft95183/
Bechtluftt951/
Bechtlufftt9010/
Bechtelufft901/
Bechtluff893/
Bechtlofft8428/
Bechtlieft840/
Becktlofft741/
Bechtlow711/
Betlow53127/
Bestlow5015/

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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 Bechtluft
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