Behrensen Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Behrensen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Behrensen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany631:1,277,86481,414
Argentina371:1,155,22769,250
United States341:10,660,557428,392
Denmark141:403,19427,097
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Behrensen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Behrensen occurs most in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Behrensen.

How Common Is The Last Name Behrensen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Behrensen is the 1,403,590th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 52 percent of Behrensen reside; 41 percent reside in Western Europe and 41 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 1,277,864. In Germany it is mostly found in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 43 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 41 percent live and Hamburg, where 11 percent live. Beside Germany this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 22 percent live.

Behrensen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Behrensen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Behrensen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Behrensen surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Behrensen earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.16% less than the national average, earning $32,725 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
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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 Behrensen
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