Bergknecht Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Bergknecht Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 133 | 1:605,304 | 48,487 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bergknecht Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bergknecht Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bergknecht is most common in Germany. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bergknecht? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bergknecht is the 1,465,390th most numerous family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. Bergknecht occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Bergknecht live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Bergknecht is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 133 people, or 1 in 605,304. In Germany Bergknecht is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 33 percent are found, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 23 percent are found and Hesse, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Germany this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 8 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barknecht | 84 | 35 | / |
| Berkneh | 82 | 1 | / |
| Berknesh | 78 | 1,610 | / |
| Berknett | 78 | 0 | / |
| Berkne | 75 | 1 | / |
| Berkneshe | 74 | 1 | / |
| Birkneh | 71 | 1,776 | / |
| Berknes | 71 | 17 | / |
| Berknez | 71 | 1 | / |
| Birknesh | 67 | 9,499 | / |
| Berkness | 67 | 155 | / |
| Berckner | 67 | 24 | / |
| Bierknes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Birknest | 67 | 1 | / |
| Berkenne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Berkna | 63 | 148 | / |
| Birkne | 63 | 13 | / |
| Bierkness | 63 | 11 | / |
| Berkni | 63 | 10 | / |
| Bgerkness | 63 | 1 | / |
| Birknes | 59 | 142 | / |
| Byrknes | 59 | 97 | / |
| Byrkner | 59 | 25 | / |
| Bercner | 59 | 1 | / |
| Bjørknes | 56 | 204 | / |
| Birckner | 56 | 115 | / |
| Verkenne | 56 | 82 | / |
| Birkness | 56 | 38 | / |
| Bercnice | 56 | 1 | / |
| Bercness | 56 | 1 | / |
| Verkennes | 53 | 71 | / |
| Verkinnes | 53 | 32 | / |
| Bjørkness | 53 | 1 | / |
| Birkingne | 53 | 1 | / |
| Birkna | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Bergknecht
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