Berkele Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Berkele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Berkele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany491:1,642,96996,430
Sudan161:2,344,3874,438
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Berkele (40) may also be a first name.

Berkele Last Name Facts

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

Berkele is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Berkele? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,106,139th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Berkele live; 61 percent live in Western Europe and 61 percent live in Germanic Europe. Berkele is also the 1,614,485th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 40 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 1,642,969. In Germany Berkele is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 94 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 2 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 20 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 11 percent reside.

Berkele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Berkele has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Berkele last name declined 43 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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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 Berkele
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