Bjerkeseth Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Bjerkeseth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bjerkeseth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1041:49,4457,092
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Bjerkeseth Last Name Facts

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

Bjerkeseth occurs more in Norway more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bjerkeseth? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,718,748th most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Bjerkeseth live; 93 percent live in Northern Europe and 93 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequently held in Norway, where it is borne by 104 people, or 1 in 49,445. In Norway Bjerkeseth is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 44 percent are found, Western Norway, where 34 percent are found and Northern Norway, where 14 percent are found. Other than Norway this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Bjerkeseth Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Bjerkeseth earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 8.02% more than the national average, earning 373,842 kr per year and in United States they earn 51.14% less than the national average, earning $21,083 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bjerkeset95182/
Bjerkseth9589/
Bjerkesett902/
Bjørkseth848/
Bierkesett801/
Bjerkesjø741/

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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 Bjerkeseth
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