Bethlehem Surname
Approximately 1,276 people bear this surname
Bethlehem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 766 | 1:22,046 | 3,522 |
| Germany | 164 | 1:490,887 | 42,238 |
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| United States | 63 | 1:5,753,316 | 282,354 |
| Canada | 50 | 1:736,912 | 58,785 |
| South Africa | 41 | 1:1,321,407 | 72,211 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Barbados | 14 | 1:20,532 | 1,076 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Guinea | 9 | 1:1,314,869 | 1,461 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Bethlehem (8,046) may also be a first name.
Bethlehem Demographics
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Bethlehem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bethlehem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bethlehem is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bethlehem? popularity and diffusion
Bethlehem is the 298,377th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 5,711,243 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Bethlehem are found; 73 percent are found in Western Europe and 73 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Bethlehem is also the 70,814th most frequently held given name throughout the world It is held by 8,046 people.
The last name is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 766 people, or 1 in 22,046. In The Netherlands Bethlehem is primarily concentrated in: Friesland, where 34 percent reside, North Holland, where 19 percent reside and Groningen, where 9 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands this last name occurs in 24 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 13 percent reside and Nigeria, where 5 percent reside.
Bethlehem Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bethlehem surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 83.33% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Bethlehem earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 11.13% less than the national average, earning R 211,200 per year; in United States they earn 27.66% more than the national average, earning $55,086 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.22% less than the national average, earning $44,110 CAD 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
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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
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