Birkestad Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Birkestad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 31 | 1:317,637 | 22,171 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Birkestad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Birkestad Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Birkestad is found most frequently in Sweden. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Birkestad? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,485,539th most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Birkestad occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Birkestad reside; 97 percent reside in Northern Europe and 97 percent reside in Scandinavia.
It is most frequently occurring in Sweden, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 317,637. In Sweden it is most common in: Stockholm County, where 48 percent are found, Västra Götaland County, where 45 percent are found and Blekinge County, where 3 percent are found. Beside Sweden this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, 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 Birkestad
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