Bersman Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Bersman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bersman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa811:668,86148,796
England21:27,859,030389,889
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Bersman Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bersman is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bersman? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bersman is the 2,034,059th most common last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Bersman reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 668,861. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 73 percent reside, Western Cape, where 17 percent reside and Gauteng, where 7 percent reside. Apart from South Africa it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.

Bersman Last Name Statistics demography

Bersman earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.35% less than the national average, earning R 137,004 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Bersman
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