Besendörfer Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Besendörfer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Besendörfer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany611:1,319,76283,187
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Besendorfer (387) are calculated separately.

Besendörfer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Besendörfer is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Besendorfer. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Besendörfer? popularity and diffusion

Besendörfer is the 2,436,415th most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name Besendörfer is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Besendörfer reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 1,319,762. In Germany Besendörfer is most common in: Bavaria, where 82 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Germany this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 2 percent reside.

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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 Besendörfer
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