Birchard Surname

278,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,391 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Birchard Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Birchard Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0871:333,44930,160
Canada2361:156,12515,843
Wales251:123,7819,267
England171:3,277,533109,658
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3321:151,26114,016

Birchard (54) may also be a first name.

Birchard Last Name Facts

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

Birchard is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Birchard? popularity and diffusion

Birchard is the 278,216th most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,239,070 people. Birchard is predominantly found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Birchard are found; 77 percent are found in North America and 77 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,350,955th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 54 people.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 1,087 people, or 1 in 333,449. In The United States Birchard is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 12 percent are found, Iowa, where 10 percent are found and Oregon, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 17 percent are found and Wales, where 2 percent are found.

Birchard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Birchard has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Birchard last name increased 327 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 243 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Birchard Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Birchard surname are 17.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.81% registered with the political party.

The amount Birchard earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 4.85% more than the national average, earning $45,241 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.93% more than the national average, earning $53,621 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Birchard
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