Bielefeld Surname

133,798th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,368 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Bielefeld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bielefeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,1201:37,9745,021
United States8831:410,48635,724
Australia1171:230,73221,761
Brazil691:3,102,52789,979
Canada421:877,27667,671
Netherlands351:482,49146,668
Chile221:800,74917,445
France201:3,321,136213,627
Austria181:473,08046,251
Israel131:658,28045,106
Poland111:3,455,341126,214
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1331:377,58428,378

Bielefeld Last Name Facts

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

Bielefeld occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Bielefeld.

How Common Is The Last Name Bielefeld? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 133,798th most widespread last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 2,163,761 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 65 percent of Bielefeld are found; 65 percent are found in Western Europe and 65 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 2,120 people, or 1 in 37,974. In Germany Bielefeld is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 45 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 31 percent reside and Berlin, where 5 percent reside. Besides Germany Bielefeld occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.

Bielefeld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bielefeld has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bielefeld last name increased 664 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bielefeld Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bielefeld last name are 17.36% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.13% registered with the political party.

The amount Bielefeld earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 5.46% more than the national average, earning $45,507 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.82% more than the national average, earning $50,588 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
  • 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 Bielefeld
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