Berkans Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Berkans Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 54 | 1:37,964 | 5,774 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Berkans Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Berkans Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Berkans (Russian: Берканс) has its highest incidence in Latvia. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Berkans click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Berkans? popularity and diffusion
Berkans is the 2,136,387th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Berkans reside; 69 percent reside in Northern Europe and 69 percent reside in Baltic Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in Latvia, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 37,964. In Latvia Berkans is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 94 percent reside, Latgale, where 4 percent reside and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Latvia Berkans is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 22 percent reside and Russia, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Berkans Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Berkans in the Russian language | ||
| Берканс | berkans | - |
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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 Berkans
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