Birkelund Surname
Approximately 1,347 people bear this surname
Birkelund Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 740 | 1:6,949 | 699 |
| Denmark | 490 | 1:11,520 | 1,100 |
| United States | 69 | 1:5,253,028 | 264,570 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Birkelund Demographics
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Birkelund Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Birkelund Come From? nationality or country of origin
Birkelund is borne by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Birkelund? popularity and diffusion
It is the 285,461st most frequent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,410,205 people. The last name Birkelund occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Birkelund reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname Birkelund is most prevalent in Norway, where it is carried by 740 people, or 1 in 6,949. In Norway it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 47 percent live, Western Norway, where 26 percent live and Northern Norway, where 22 percent live. Without taking into account Norway Birkelund is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 36 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
Birkelund Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Birkelund last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% registered with the party.
The amount Birkelund earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 9.96% less than the national average, earning 311,603 kr per year and in United States they earn 3.17% less than the national average, earning $41,782 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
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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
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