Birgovan Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Birgovan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Birgovan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1501:133,85214,523
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271

The alternate forms: Bîrgovan (58) are calculated separately.

Birgovan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Birgovan is held by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Bîrgovan. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Birgovan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,422,956th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. The surname Birgovan is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Birgovan reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Romania, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 133,852. In Romania Birgovan is mostly concentrated in: Suceava County, where 97 percent live, Arad County, where 3 percent live and Neamț County, where 1 percent live. Not including Romania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 1 percent live and Moldova, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bîrgovan9658/
Byrgovan882/
Birowan8020/
Biravan806/
Berzovan75184/
Behrovan7592/
Bairavan7555/
Bergován7529/
Berovain756/
Biravane751/
Bergevain7136/
Bhairavan7126/
Baisravan714/
Bairavann713/
Birawan67370/
Viravan67102/
Byravan6721/
Biraban6714/
Beravan673/

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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 Birgovan
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