Bielfeld Surname

1,459,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Bielfeld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bielfeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany831:969,94567,438
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Sweden101:984,67673,605
England61:9,286,343223,652
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
France11:66,422,722504,397
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Bielfeld Last Name Facts

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

Bielfeld is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bielfeld? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,459,453rd most frequently used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Bielfeld are found; 59 percent are found in Western Europe and 58 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Bielfeld is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 969,945. In Germany Bielfeld is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 31 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 24 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent live. Aside from Germany it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.

Bielfeld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bielfeld has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bielfeld last name grew 156 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bielfeld Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Bielfeld earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 160% more than the national average, earning R 617,856 per year and in United States they earn 28.7% less than the national average, earning $30,766 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
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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 Bielfeld
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