Birknes Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Birknes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Birknes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1201:42,8526,130
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970

Birknes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Birknes has its highest incidence in Norway. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Birknes? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,484,726th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. The last name Birknes occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Birknes live; 88 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in Scandinavia.

It is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is held by 120 people, or 1 in 42,852. In Norway Birknes is primarily found in: Western Norway, where 75 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 14 percent are found and Southern Norway, where 9 percent are found. Beside Norway it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Birknes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Birknes last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Birknes earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 11.51% less than the national average, earning 306,234 kr per year and in United States they earn 29.89% less than the national average, earning $30,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Birknesh939,499/
Birkness9338/
Bierknes931/
Birknest931/
Birkne9213/
Bierkness8811/
Birkneh861,776/
Byrknes8697/
Berknes8617/
Birknäs868/
Berknesh801,610/
Bjørknes80204/
Berkness80155/
Birckner80115/
Wirkness801/
Birkna772/
Berkne771/
Berkneshe751/
Bjørkness751/
Bgerkness751/
Birkingne751/
Byrkner7125/
Werknes711/
Berkneh711/
Berknez711/
Werknesh678,210/
Berckner6724/
Werknies672/
Berkenne671/
Bercness671/
Berknett670/
Verkennes6371/
Verkinnes6332/
Werkneshe639/
Berkna62148/
Berkni6210/
Bergknecht59145/
Verknäs574/
Bercner571/
Verknis571/
Verkenne5382/
Werqnesh531/
Verkennis50257/
Verkinnis5012/

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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 Birknes
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