Behnker Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Behnker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Behnker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behnker Come From? nationality or country of origin
Behnker occurs most in Brazil. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Behnker click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Behnker? popularity and diffusion
The surname Behnker is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Behnker is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Behnker reside; 78 percent reside in South America and 78 percent reside in Luso-South America.
The surname Behnker is most widely held in Brazil, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 30,582,047. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Santa Catarina, where 86 percent reside and Rio Grande do Sul, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Brazil this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent reside.
Behnker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Behnker has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Behnker surname decreased 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Behnker
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