Berkels Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Berkels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Berkels 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
Germany1491:540,30544,986
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295

Berkels Last Name Facts

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

Berkels occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Berkels? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,434,893rd most frequent last name globally, held by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Berkels are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 149 people, or 1 in 540,305. In Germany Berkels is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 81 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 18 percent reside. Outside of Germany Berkels exists in one country. It is also common in Latvia, where 1 percent reside.

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
Barkels8613/
Berkles861/
Berckles801/
Berrckls800/
Barkls770/
Barkles715/
Bercles711/
Birkles710/
Borkless670/
Vercelles6310/
Bercilles633/
Vercles570/
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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 Berkels
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