Birkenhof Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Birkenhof Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Birkenhof Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Birkenhof Last Name Facts

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

The surname Birkenhof is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Birkenhof? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,649,889th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Birkenhof is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Birkenhof reside; 89 percent reside in Western Europe and 89 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 5,031,591. In Germany Birkenhof is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 63 percent are found, Bavaria, where 31 percent are found and Brandenburg, where 6 percent are found. Not including Germany it occurs in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 11 percent are found.

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Birkenhof Reference & Research

Berkhof - Berkhoff FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Birkenhof
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis