Birlea Surname
Approximately 1,266 people bear this surname
Birlea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 1,059 | 1:18,959 | 2,448 |
| Moldova | 171 | 1:20,827 | 3,525 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
The alternate forms: Bîrlea (386) are calculated separately.
Birlea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Birlea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Birlea is borne by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Bîrlea. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Birlea? popularity and diffusion
The last name Birlea is the 300,337th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 5,756,355 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Birlea live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 1,059 people, or 1 in 18,959. In Romania Birlea is most frequent in: Maramureș County, where 23 percent live, Alba County, where 19 percent live and Sibiu County, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Romania Birlea is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 14 percent live and Ireland, where 1 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Birlea
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