Besenfelder Surname

1,073,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 231 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Besenfelder Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Besenfelder Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1481:543,95645,184
United States661:5,491,802273,080
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Austria51:1,703,08789,702
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Besenfelder Last Name Facts

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

The last name Besenfelder is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Besenfelder.

How Common Is The Last Name Besenfelder? popularity and diffusion

Besenfelder is the 1,073,555th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 31,547,818 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Besenfelder live; 70 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 543,956. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 91 percent live, Bavaria, where 5 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 2 percent live. Besides Germany this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent live and Switzerland, where 3 percent live.

Besenfelder Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Besenfelder has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Besenfelder surname grew 1,650 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Besenfelder Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Besenfelder last name are 30.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 83.33% being registered with the party.

Besenfelder earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.25% more than the national average, earning $44,550 USD 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 Besenfelder
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