Berkowitz Surname
Approximately 19,264 people bear this surname
Berkowitz Surname Definition:
“The son of the Blessed” (Baruch) in Russian.
Berkowitz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11,526 | 1:31,447 | 3,925 |
| Israel | 6,689 | 1:1,279 | 90 |
| South Africa | 300 | 1:180,592 | 19,818 |
| Canada | 156 | 1:236,190 | 22,564 |
| Germany | 141 | 1:570,961 | 46,627 |
| England | 93 | 1:599,119 | 35,891 |
| Mexico | 66 | 1:1,880,700 | 18,230 |
| Australia | 64 | 1:421,808 | 33,593 |
| France | 46 | 1:1,443,972 | 140,296 |
| Brazil | 39 | 1:5,489,085 | 137,424 |
| Denmark | 26 | 1:217,104 | 17,438 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Chile | 16 | 1:1,101,030 | 21,213 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Guatemala | 5 | 1:3,216,534 | 7,141 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12 | 1:2,031,281 | 60,933 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 44 | 1:1,141,334 | 65,198 |
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.
(Polish, Ukranian) The son of Berek or Berko, pet forms of Baruch (blessed).
(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.
Berkowitz Demographics
Berkowitz Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
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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