Beckendorff Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Beckendorff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Beckendorff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany511:1,578,53893,812
United States461:7,879,542351,394
France341:1,953,609166,012
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Beckendorff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Beckendorff is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Beckendorff? popularity and diffusion

The surname Beckendorff is the 1,527,735th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. The last name Beckendorff occurs predominantly in Europe, where 66 percent of Beckendorff live; 63 percent live in Western Europe and 38 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 1,578,538. In Germany Beckendorff is most common in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 39 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 37 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 34 percent live and France, where 25 percent live.

Beckendorff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Beckendorff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Beckendorff surname increased 383 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Beckendorff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Beckendorff surname are 31.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 78.57% registered with the party.

Beckendorff earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 41.58% less than the national average, earning $25,208 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
  • 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 Beckendorff
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