Behrens Surname
Approximately 64,104 people bear this surname
Behrens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 42,981 | 1:1,873 | 159 |
| United States | 14,720 | 1:24,624 | 3,100 |
| South Africa | 1,380 | 1:39,259 | 5,052 |
| Argentina | 641 | 1:66,682 | 5,714 |
| Brazil | 558 | 1:383,646 | 14,664 |
| Denmark | 531 | 1:10,630 | 1,003 |
| Australia | 499 | 1:54,100 | 6,651 |
| Canada | 322 | 1:114,427 | 12,178 |
| Netherlands | 310 | 1:54,475 | 9,365 |
| England | 256 | 1:217,649 | 18,479 |
| Switzerland | 235 | 1:34,949 | 5,098 |
| Venezuela | 218 | 1:138,551 | 4,417 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Sweden | 150 | 1:65,645 | 5,015 |
| Chile | 127 | 1:138,712 | 4,862 |
| New Zealand | 122 | 1:37,117 | 6,329 |
| Norway | 119 | 1:43,212 | 6,186 |
| Spain | 96 | 1:487,000 | 24,732 |
| Guatemala | 92 | 1:174,812 | 3,597 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Thailand | 56 | 1:1,261,399 | 181,528 |
| Austria | 51 | 1:166,969 | 21,809 |
| France | 45 | 1:1,476,060 | 142,161 |
| Uruguay | 43 | 1:79,808 | 8,179 |
| Poland | 38 | 1:1,000,230 | 71,240 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Belgium | 28 | 1:410,594 | 42,948 |
| Italy | 28 | 1:2,184,167 | 91,195 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| China | 13 | 1:105,178,582 | 5,529 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Wales | 13 | 1:238,041 | 14,239 |
| Peru | 12 | 1:2,648,677 | 28,015 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Honduras | 6 | 1:1,469,407 | 5,474 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Faroe Islands | 4 | 1:12,250 | 984 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 128 | 1:190,433 | 15,429 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:340,292 | 10,329 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:522,805 | 14,314 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,530 | 1:32,823 | 3,953 |
Behrens (47) may also be a first name.
Behrens Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Genit. of Behrend (vyith dropped -d-).
See Barents.
(German) Dweller at the sign of the bear.
User-submitted Reference
Behrens is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname. There were Jewish families in Prague, and Krotoszyn with this surname. The name Behrens is a variant of Baer. This Jewish family name is also derived from animals mentioned in the Bible. One of them, which has produced numerous variants, is Baer, the German for 'bear', translated from the Hebrew Dov.
- Forebears.io Manual SubmissionsBehrens is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname. It was common among the Jewish communities of Krotoszyn, and Prague. The name Behrens is a variant of Baer. This Jewish family name is also derived from animals mentioned in the Bible. One of them, which has produced numerous variants, is Baer, the German for 'bear', translated from the Hebrew Dov.
- Forebears.io Manual SubmissionsIt is of early medieval Germanic origin, and is a patronymic form of the Old German male given name "Bernhard", a compound of the elements "ber(n)", meaning bear, and "hard", meaning brave, hardy, strong. Also, it is Dutch and North German: patronymic from Behrend, variant of Bernhard.
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Behrens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behrens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Behrens is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Behrens? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,833rd most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 113,683 people. The surname Behrens occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Behrens reside; 68 percent reside in Western Europe and 68 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,467,136th most frequently occurring forename on earth It is held by 47 people.
It is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 42,981 people, or 1 in 1,873. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 42 percent reside, Schleswig-Holstein, where 11 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent reside. Besides Germany Behrens exists in 76 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
Behrens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Behrens has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Behrens last name increased 962 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 433 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 45 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Behrens Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Behrens surname are 21.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.29% being registered with the political party.
The amount Behrens earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 42.67% more than the national average, earning 493,764 kr per year; in Peru they earn 66.46% less than the national average, earning S/. 6,502 per year; in South Africa they earn 65.43% more than the national average, earning R 393,120 per year; in United States they earn 9.23% more than the national average, earning $47,132 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.95% less than the national average, earning $49,209 CAD per year.
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Behrens Reference & Research
Behrens DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Behrens FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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