Bjerkness Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Bjerkness Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 173 | 1:2,095,138 | 133,172 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Bjerkness Demographics
Bjerkness Political Affiliation
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Bjerkness Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bjerkness Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bjerkness is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bjerkness? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,185,157th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. The last name Bjerkness is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Bjerkness are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 173 people, or 1 in 2,095,138. In The United States Bjerkness is mostly found in: Minnesota, where 62 percent reside, Washington, where 15 percent reside and North Dakota, where 8 percent reside. Outside of The United States it exists in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 14 percent reside.
Bjerkness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bjerkness has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bjerkness surname increased 4,325 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bjerkness Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Bjerkness are 29.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 82.5% registered with the political party.
The amount Bjerkness earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 20.94% more than the national average, earning $52,183 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.64% less than the national average, earning $48,369 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bjerkaness | 95 | 1 | / |
| Bjerknes | 94 | 1,174 | / |
| Bjerkenes | 89 | 141 | / |
| Bierkness | 89 | 11 | / |
| Bjerknaes | 89 | 6 | / |
| Bjørkness | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bjorkness | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bgerkness | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bjerkne | 88 | 14 | / |
| Bjørknes | 82 | 204 | / |
| Bjerknæs | 82 | 46 | / |
| Bjerkner | 82 | 11 | / |
| Bjorknes | 82 | 8 | / |
| Björknes | 82 | 3 | / |
| Bjerknis | 82 | 1 | / |
| Bierknes | 82 | 1 | / |
| Bjerknos | 82 | 0 | / |
| Bjerkins | 82 | 0 | / |
| Bjerkenås | 78 | 82 | / |
| Bjørkenes | 78 | 28 | / |
| Bjerkenas | 78 | 5 | / |
| Bjerkensjö | 74 | 8 | / |
| Bjerkenius | 74 | 8 | / |
| Björknesjö | 74 | 4 | / |
| Bjerkensjø | 74 | 1 | / |
| Bjorknesjo | 74 | 1 | / |
| Björknäs | 71 | 82 | / |
| Bjorknas | 71 | 21 | / |
| Björkens | 71 | 17 | / |
| Bjørknæs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Björkenäs | 67 | 22 | / |
| Bojarkins | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bjorkenas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Björkenius | 63 | 10 | / |
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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
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- 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 Bjerkness
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