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/territory. It can occur as: Birkāns. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Birkans? popularity and diffusion
The surname Birkans is the 2,168,711th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Birkans are found; 93 percent are found in Northern Europe and 89 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
This surname is most common in Latvia, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 30,148. In Latvia it is primarily found in: Riga Planning Region, where 94 percent are found, Semigallia, where 3 percent are found and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Latvia it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent are found and England, where 3 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 Birkans
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