Birkhoff Surname

511,519th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 639 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Birkhoff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Birkhoff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2351:71,86012,217
United States2011:1,803,278118,231
Germany1601:503,15942,903
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Birkhoff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Birkhoff (Russian: Бирхофф) is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Birkhoff? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 511,519th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,404,610 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Birkhoff reside; 62 percent reside in Western Europe and 62 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Birkhoff is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 235 people, or 1 in 71,860. In The Netherlands Birkhoff is mostly concentrated in: Utrecht, where 32 percent are found, North Holland, where 28 percent are found and South Holland, where 18 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 31 percent are found and Germany, where 25 percent are found.

Birkhoff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Birkhoff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Birkhoff surname rose 1,182 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Birkhoff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Birkhoff are 39.34% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 86.11% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Birkhoff earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 2% more than the national average, earning R 242,388 per year and in United States they earn 14.54% more than the national average, earning $49,422 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Birkhoffe941/
Birkhof9386/
Birkoff9343/
Berkhoff88723/
Virkhoff881/
Birrkoff881/
Birchoff880/
Birkof865/
Berckhoff8239/
Berkhof801,411/
Berkoff80444/
Berhoff8025/
Birkhov802/
Birchof801/
Berchoff7541/
Bjørkhof754/
Berckoff752/
Birkhova751/
Bergkoff751/
Bayrhoff750/
Berkhoof750/
Beerhoff750/
Birkov71200/
Berkof7125/
Berhof7119/
Virhof711/
Beerchoff711/
Beirekhov711/
Verhoff671,147/
Birkova67254/
Bayrhof67157/
Bercoff6781/
Behrhof6721/
Berkhov6713/
Virkhov6712/
Berchof674/
Birkovs673/
Berhoft672/
Birchov672/
Vyrkoff671/
Berkouf671/
Birkows671/

Birkhoff Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Birkhoff in the Russian language
Бирхоффbirhoff-

Search for Another Surname

Birkhoff 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.

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Birkhoff
  • 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