Berwers Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Berwers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Berwers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands721:234,54430,714
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Berwers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Berwers is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Berwers? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,091,648th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. The last name Berwers occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Berwers live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 234,544. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: South Holland, where 64 percent reside, North Brabant, where 25 percent reside and Drenthe, where 8 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Berwers Last Name Statistics demography

Berwers earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 17.55% less than the national average, earning R 195,936 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Berwaers9332/
Berbers86388/
Verwers86314/
Werwers864/
Bervers862/
Borwers861/
Verwerst801/
Bearvers801/
Berbersch751/
Ververs71856/
Borvers710/
Verviers67104/
Ververst675/
Barwirsch631/
Wervers57105/
Verbers5736/
Verbirs576/
Birbers571/
Huerbers530/

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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 Berwers
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