Birnstein Surname

895,817th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 299 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Birnstein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Birnstein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2521:319,46632,068
United States301:12,081,964463,456
Slovakia121:444,70454,815
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Birnstein Last Name Facts

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

The last name Birnstein is found most in Germany. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Birnstein? popularity and diffusion

It is the 895,817th most widespread surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 24,373,063 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Birnstein live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Birnstein is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 252 people, or 1 in 319,466. In Germany Birnstein is mostly found in: Saxony, where 69 percent are found, Bavaria, where 5 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 4 percent are found. Not including Germany this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Slovakia, where 4 percent are found.

Birnstein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Birnstein has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Birnstein Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Birnstein surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Birnstein earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.58% more than the national average, earning $50,302 USD per year.

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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 Birnstein
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