Bijstra Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Bijstra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 185 | 1:91,282 | 15,011 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Bijstra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bijstra Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bijstra occurs most in The Netherlands. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bijstra click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bijstra? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bijstra is the 1,231,034th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Bijstra reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname Bijstra is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 185 people, or 1 in 91,282. In The Netherlands Bijstra is most frequent in: Friesland, where 54 percent are found, Groningen, where 17 percent are found and Limburg, where 8 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Bijstra
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