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 in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Behnker? popularity and diffusion
The last name Behnker is the 6,360,413th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Behnker is predominantly 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 is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 30,582,047. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Santa Catarina, where 86 percent live and Rio Grande do Sul, where 14 percent live. Besides Brazil this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent live.
Behnker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Behnker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Behnker last name declined 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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