Berkowitz Surname

27,899th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,264 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Berkowitz Surname Definition:

“The son of the Blessed” (Baruch) in Russian.

Berkowitz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,5261:31,4473,925
Israel6,6891:1,27990
South Africa3001:180,59219,818
Canada1561:236,19022,564
Germany1411:570,96146,627
England931:599,11935,891
Mexico661:1,880,70018,230
Australia641:421,80833,593
France461:1,443,972140,296
Brazil391:5,489,085137,424
Denmark261:217,10417,438
Thailand201:3,531,917315,217
Zimbabwe181:857,68057,134
Chile161:1,101,03021,213
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Guatemala51:3,216,5347,141
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
China21:683,660,78330,601
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:1,141,33465,198

Berkowitz (38) may also be a first name.

Berkowitz Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“The son of the Blessed” (Baruch) in Russian.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(Polish, Ukranian) The son of Berek or Berko, pet forms of Baruch (blessed).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from the name of a male ancestor) The name Berko is the kinnui of Issachar. Berkowitz originated in Brody in the middle of the eighteenth century and means “the son of Berko.” When Poland was partitioned among Prussia, Russia, and Austria, the Berkowitz branch of the family retained its name, and the Austrian branch took the name Bernstein.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Berkowitz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Berkowitz has its highest incidence in The United States. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Berkowitz? popularity and diffusion

The surname Berkowitz is the 27,899th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 378,299 people. The last name Berkowitz occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Berkowitz live; 61 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,662,754th most numerous forename on earth It is held by 38 people.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 11,526 people, or 1 in 31,447. In The United States Berkowitz is primarily found in: New York, where 29 percent reside, Florida, where 11 percent reside and California, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 44 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 35 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.

Berkowitz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Berkowitz has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Berkowitz surname expanded 26,195 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 775 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Berkowitz Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Latin Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Berkowitz last name are 42.01% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 95.24% registered with the party.

The amount Berkowitz earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 175.25% more than the national average, earning R 654,096 per year; in United States they earn 26.2% more than the national average, earning $54,452 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.03% more than the national average, earning $61,620 CAD per year.

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