Birkhäuser Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Birkhäuser Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 35 | 1:234,655 | 19,741 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
The alternate forms: Birkhauser (117) are calculated separately.
Birkhäuser Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Birkhäuser Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Birkhäuser is most common in Switzerland. It can also appear in the variant forms: Birkhauser. Click here to see other potential spellings of Birkhäuser.
How Common Is The Last Name Birkhäuser? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,372,517th most numerous family name internationally, held by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The surname Birkhäuser is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Birkhäuser live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most common in Switzerland, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 234,655. In Switzerland it is primarily found in: Canton of Bern, where 31 percent live, Canton of Zürich, where 31 percent live and Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 17 percent live. Outside of Switzerland this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 46 percent live.
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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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