Berkness Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Berkness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Berkness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1541:2,353,629145,693
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Berkness Last Name Facts

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

The last name Berkness occurs most in The United States. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Berkness? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,403,590th most commonly used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Berkness live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 154 people, or 1 in 2,353,629. In The United States Berkness is most numerous in: Minnesota, where 64 percent are found, California, where 10 percent are found and South Dakota, where 8 percent are found. Outside of The United States Berkness exists in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Berkness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Berkness has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Berkness surname increased 15,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Berkness Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Berkness last name are 16.19% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.96% registered to vote for the political party.

Berkness earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.7% more than the national average, earning $50,788 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bierkness9411/
Bgerkness941/
Berknes9317/
Berknesh881,610/
Birkness8838/
Bierknes881/
Barkness881/
Bercness881/
Berkneshe821/
Bjørkness821/
Birknes80142/
Byrknes8097/
Borknes8015/
Berknez801/
Barknes800/
Birknesh759,499/
Bjørknes75204/
Birknest751/
Verkennes7171/
Verkinnes7132/
Bergknecht67145/
Birknäs678/
Verknäs674/
Verknis671/
Bercnice631/
Verkinnis5912/

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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 Berkness
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