Berntson Surname

347,450th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,052 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Greenland

Berntson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Berntson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8071:449,14438,490
Sweden1541:63,9404,874
Denmark301:188,15715,676
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
England71:7,959,723202,100
Greenland71:8,054710
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
France61:11,070,454349,096
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States561:896,76254,350

Berntson Last Name Facts

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

Berntson is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Berntson? popularity and diffusion

Berntson is the 347,450th most numerous last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 6,927,325 people. Berntson occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Berntson are found; 71 percent are found in North America and 70 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Berntson is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 807 people, or 1 in 449,144. In The United States Berntson is primarily concentrated in: North Dakota, where 17 percent live, Minnesota, where 16 percent live and Utah, where 12 percent live. Not including The United States it exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 15 percent live and Denmark, where 3 percent live.

Berntson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Berntson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Berntson surname increased 1,441 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Berntson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Berntson surname are 13.36% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.13% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Berntson earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 21.79% more than the national average, earning 421,490 kr per year; in United States they earn 8.56% more than the national average, earning $46,841 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.31% more than the national average, earning $50,336 CAD 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 Berntson
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