Bitterhoff Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Bitterhoff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bitterhoff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany831:969,94567,438
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Bitterhoff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bitterhoff is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bitterhoff? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bitterhoff is the 1,931,261st most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Bitterhoff live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 969,945. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 51 percent are found, Berlin, where 42 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Germany it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 6 percent are found and Spain, where 2 percent are found.

Bitterhoff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bitterhoff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bitterhoff last name fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Bitterhoff
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis