Birgers Surname

2,293,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Birgers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Birgers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia381:53,9498,130
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Birgers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Birgers occurs more in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Birgers? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,293,424th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 59 percent of Birgers live; 59 percent live in Northern Europe and 55 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Latvia, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 53,949. In Latvia Birgers is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 89 percent are found, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 8 percent are found and Latgale, where 3 percent are found. Not including Latvia this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 32 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.

Birgers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Birgers has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 550 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Birgers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Birgers last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.14% being registered with the political party.

Birgers earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 54.12% more than the national average, earning $66,500 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
  • 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 Birgers
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