Bjerkander Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Bjerkander Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 43 | 1:228,994 | 15,912 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Bjerkander Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bjerkander Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bjerkander occurs most in Sweden. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bjerkander? popularity and diffusion
Bjerkander is the 2,718,172nd most widely held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The surname Bjerkander is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Bjerkander live; 86 percent live in Northern Europe and 86 percent live in Scandinavia.
The surname is most common in Sweden, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 228,994. In Sweden it is most numerous in: Västra Götaland County, where 60 percent live, Jönköping County, where 16 percent live and Stockholm County, where 7 percent live. Barring Sweden it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent live and Belgium, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bjrkander | 95 | 3 | / |
| Bjoerkander | 95 | 0 | / |
| Björkander | 90 | 287 | / |
| Bjorkander | 90 | 25 | / |
| Bjørkander | 90 | 6 | / |
| Bejrachandra | 64 | 5 | / |
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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 Bjerkander
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