Berghouwer Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Berghouwer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Berghouwer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands311:544,74849,659
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

Berghouwer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Berghouwer is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Berghouwer? popularity and diffusion

The surname Berghouwer is the 3,432,070th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Berghouwer are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Berghouwer is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 544,748. In The Netherlands Berghouwer is most frequent in: North Holland, where 94 percent reside, North Brabant, where 3 percent reside and South Holland, where 3 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 3 percent reside and Mexico, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Berghower950/
Berghuber84279/
Berghasuer801/
Vergouwe78413/
Bergover78259/
Verghauwe741/
Vergowe7132/
Bergowy711/
Bergaver672/
Bergovecz6326/
Bergowist631/
Bergawa5918/
Birguwa591/
Bergawi591/
Berghabi56308/
Bergovoy5666/
Bergoboy567/
Bergovich539/
Bergovist536/
Bergeyova533/
Bergawist532/
Bergguvist501/

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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 Berghouwer
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