Birknesh Surname
Approximately 9,499 people bear this surname
Birknesh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 9,498 | 1:10,270 | 1,533 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Birknesh (19) may also be a first name.
Birknesh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Birknesh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Birknesh occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Birknesh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 53,710th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 767,191 people. Birknesh is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Birknesh are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 19 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 9,498 people, or 1 in 10,270. Other than Ethiopia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birknes | 93 | 142 | / |
| Berknesh | 88 | 1,610 | / |
| Birkness | 88 | 38 | / |
| Bierknes | 88 | 1 | / |
| Birknest | 88 | 1 | / |
| Bierkness | 82 | 11 | / |
| Berkneshe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Byrknes | 80 | 97 | / |
| Berknes | 80 | 17 | / |
| Birknäs | 80 | 8 | / |
| Bjørknes | 75 | 204 | / |
| Berkness | 75 | 155 | / |
| Bjørkness | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bgerkness | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bergknecht | 67 | 145 | / |
| Berknez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bercness | 63 | 1 | / |
| Verkennes | 59 | 71 | / |
| Verkinnes | 59 | 32 | / |
| Verknäs | 53 | 4 | / |
| Verknis | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Birknesh
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