Berkans Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Berkans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Berkans Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia541:37,9645,774
Belgium171:676,27358,718
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Berkans Last Name Facts

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

The last name Berkans (Russian: Берканс) is found in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Berkans? popularity and diffusion

Berkans is the 2,136,387th most commonly used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Berkans live; 69 percent live in Northern Europe and 69 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The surname Berkans is most frequently used in Latvia, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 37,964. In Latvia it is primarily concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 94 percent live, Latgale, where 4 percent live and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Latvia it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 22 percent live and Russia, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Barkans86667/
Birkans8676/
Verkans861/
Berkons860/
Borkans860/
Birkhans8048/
Bercanse8026/
Barkhans800/
Birkhahns751/
Barkāns719/
Barkons716/
Birkāns712/
Barcans711/
Verkamst671/
Barcons57638/
Borcons571/
Vercamst5348/
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Berkans Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Berkans in the Russian language
Беркансberkans-

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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 Berkans
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