Bernhofer Surname

521,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 623 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Bernhofer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bernhofer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria4781:17,8152,733
Germany1121:718,79954,527
United States301:12,081,964463,456
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Bernhofer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bernhofer occurs more in Austria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bernhofer? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 521,888th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 11,697,505 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Bernhofer live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Austria, where it is carried by 478 people, or 1 in 17,815. In Austria Bernhofer is most common in: Salzburg, where 81 percent reside, Upper Austria, where 10 percent reside and Vienna, where 3 percent reside. Barring Austria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 18 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Bernhofer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bernhofer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bernhofer last name grew 3,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bernhofer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Bernhofer last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Bernhofer earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.66% more than the national average, earning $44,295 USD per year.

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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 Bernhofer
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