Bitterling Surname

618,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 497 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Aruba

Bitterling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bitterling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3141:256,38727,596
United States1121:3,236,240185,654
Netherlands541:312,72536,782
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Bitterling Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bitterling is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bitterling.

How Common Is The Last Name Bitterling? popularity and diffusion

Bitterling is the 618,896th most common surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 14,663,070 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 76 percent of Bitterling live; 74 percent live in Western Europe and 74 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 256,387. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Hesse, where 17 percent live, Berlin, where 15 percent live and Bavaria, where 11 percent live. Outside of Germany it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent live and The Netherlands, where 11 percent live.

Bitterling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bitterling has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bitterling surname grew 589 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bitterling Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Bitterling surname are 16.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.33% registered with the party.

Bitterling earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.31% more than the national average, earning $48,891 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
  • 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 Bitterling
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