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
Bergknecht is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bergknecht click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bergknecht? popularity and diffusion
Bergknecht is the 1,465,390th most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname Bergknecht is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Bergknecht live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 133 people, or 1 in 605,304. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 33 percent reside, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 23 percent reside and Hesse, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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