Birkans Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Birkans Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 68 | 1:30,148 | 4,623 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Birkāns (2) are calculated separately.
Birkans Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Birkans Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Birkans occurs more in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Birkāns. For other possible spellings of Birkans click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Birkans? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,168,711th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Birkans live; 93 percent live in Northern Europe and 89 percent live in Baltic Europe.
The surname is most widely held in Latvia, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 30,148. In Latvia it is most frequent in: Riga Planning Region, where 94 percent reside, Semigallia, where 3 percent reside and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Latvia Birkans occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Birkans
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