Bjerkenes Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Bjerkenes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 132 | 1:38,957 | 5,538 |
| Faroe Islands | 4 | 1:12,250 | 984 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Bjerkenes Demographics
Average Bjerkenes Salary in
Norway
316,748 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Bjerkenes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bjerkenes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bjerkenes is found most in Norway. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bjerkenes? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bjerkenes is the 1,491,356th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Bjerkenes live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.
The surname Bjerkenes is most frequently occurring in Norway, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 38,957. In Norway Bjerkenes is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 51 percent live, Western Norway, where 37 percent live and Northern Norway, where 8 percent live. Excluding Norway it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Faroe Islands, where 3 percent live and Denmark, where 1 percent live.
Bjerkenes Last Name Statistics demography
Bjerkenes earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 8.48% less than the national average, earning 316,748 kr per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bjerknes | 94 | 1,174 | / |
| Bjerkness | 89 | 200 | / |
| Bjerkenås | 89 | 82 | / |
| Bjørkenes | 89 | 28 | / |
| Bjerknaes | 89 | 6 | / |
| Bjerkenas | 89 | 5 | / |
| Bjerkensjö | 84 | 8 | / |
| Bjerkenius | 84 | 8 | / |
| Bjerkensjø | 84 | 1 | / |
| Bjerkaness | 84 | 1 | / |
| Bjørknes | 82 | 204 | / |
| Bjerknæs | 82 | 46 | / |
| Björkens | 82 | 17 | / |
| Bjorknes | 82 | 8 | / |
| Björknes | 82 | 3 | / |
| Bjerknis | 82 | 1 | / |
| Bjerknos | 82 | 0 | / |
| Bjerkins | 82 | 0 | / |
| Björkenäs | 78 | 22 | / |
| Bjørkness | 78 | 1 | / |
| Bjorkenas | 78 | 1 | / |
| Bjorkness | 78 | 1 | / |
| Björkenius | 74 | 10 | / |
| Björknesjö | 74 | 4 | / |
| Bjorknesjo | 74 | 1 | / |
| Björknäs | 71 | 82 | / |
| Bjorknas | 71 | 21 | / |
| Bjørknæs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bojarkins | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Bjerkenes
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