Bersma Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

Bersma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bersma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands661:255,86632,556
Antigua and Barbuda121:8,264893
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Bersma Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bersma is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bersma? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bersma is the 2,020,555th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name Bersma is predominantly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Bersma live; 80 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Bersma is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 255,866. In The Netherlands Bersma is mostly found in: North Holland, where 36 percent are found, South Holland, where 33 percent are found and Drenthe, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Antigua and Barbuda, where 14 percent are found and Hong Kong, where 3 percent are found.

Bersma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bersma has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bersma last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boersma9212,280/
Beersma92207/
Biersma9299/
Berjsma921/
Boersmea861/
Bersmo839/
Borsma834/
Barsma832/
Birsma831/
Versma831/
Wiersma7711,275/
Baarsma77333/
Weersma77162/
Viersma77146/
Veersma77126/
Weirsma7722/
Borsmah771/
Berchmas7124/
Wiersmoa712/
Wiersmaa711/
Weirdsma711/
Wirsma672/
Beersmith672/
Barzma671/
Bercmy671/
Veereshmma631/
Bjørsmo6242/
Versmee6236/
Wierzma622/
Wiersmo621/
Birsmer621/
Verssme620/
Behrschmidt5968/
Beirschmitt595/
Vressmay570/
Wirzma5016/
Virsmo501/

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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 Bersma
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