Bernhill Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Bernhill Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bernhill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Bernhill Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bernhill occurs most in Sweden. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bernhill? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Bernhill is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Bernhill reside; 86 percent reside in Northern Europe and 86 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most common in Sweden, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,641,126. In Sweden Bernhill is primarily found in: Skåne County, where 50 percent reside, Västra Götaland County, where 33 percent reside and Stockholm County, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Sweden this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent reside.

Bernhill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bernhill has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bernhill surname contracted 95 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
  • 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 Bernhill
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