Birkness Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Birkness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Birkness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada271:1,364,65295,501
United States111:32,950,812797,015

Birkness Last Name Facts

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

The last name Birkness is most common in Canada. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Birkness? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,185,033rd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Birkness reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widespread in Canada, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 1,364,652. In Canada it is primarily concentrated in: Ontario, where 56 percent reside and Alberta, where 44 percent reside. Besides Canada it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent reside.

Birkness Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Birkness earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 56.66% less than the national average, earning $18,700 USD per year and in Canada they earn 61.38% more than the national average, earning $80,179 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bierkness9411/
Birknes93142/
Birknesh889,499/
Berkness88155/
Bierknes881/
Birknest881/
Wirkness881/
Birkne8613/
Bgerkness821/
Bjørkness821/
Birkneh801,776/
Byrknes8097/
Berknes8017/
Birknäs808/
Berknesh751,610/
Bjørknes75204/
Birckner75115/
Bercness751/
Birkna712/
Berkne711/
Berkneshe711/
Birkingne711/
Byrkner6725/
Werknes671/
Berkneh671/
Berknez671/
Werknesh638,210/
Berckner6324/
Werknies632/
Berkenne631/
Berknett630/
Verkennes5971/
Verkinnes5932/
Werkneshe599/
Berkna57148/
Berkni5710/
Bergknecht56145/
Verknäs534/
Bercner531/
Verknis531/
Verkenne5082/
Werqnesh501/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Birkness
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