Birkenfelds Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Birkenfelds Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 37 | 1:55,407 | 8,324 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Birkenfelds Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Birkenfelds Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Birkenfelds occurs in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Birkenfelds click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Birkenfelds? popularity and diffusion
Birkenfelds is the 3,185,033rd most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name Birkenfelds occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Birkenfelds live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in Baltic Europe.
The surname is most frequent in Latvia, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 55,407. In Latvia it is most common in: Riga Planning Region, where 92 percent are found, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 5 percent are found and Vidzeme, where 3 percent are found. Besides Latvia it exists in one country. It is also common in Denmark, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birkenfeld | 95 | 1,228 | / |
| Birkenfeldt | 91 | 92 | / |
| Birkenfield | 91 | 67 | / |
| Brekenfelds | 91 | 9 | / |
| Brekenfeldes | 87 | 6 | / |
| Birkinfeld S | 87 | 1 | / |
| Breckenfelds | 87 | 1 | / |
| Berkenfeld | 86 | 251 | / |
| Breckenfeldes | 83 | 3 | / |
| Berkenfield | 82 | 70 | / |
| Berkenfeldt | 82 | 3 | / |
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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 Birkenfelds
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