Bjerner Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Bjerner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bjerner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden861:114,4978,198
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Bjernér (11) are calculated separately.

Bjerner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bjerner occurs in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Bjernér. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bjerner? popularity and diffusion

Bjerner is the 1,839,022nd most commonly held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. The last name Bjerner occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Bjerner reside; 95 percent reside in Northern Europe and 95 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most widespread in Sweden, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 114,497. In Sweden Bjerner is most numerous in: Stockholm County, where 30 percent are found, Västra Götaland County, where 16 percent are found and Östergötland County, where 14 percent are found. Beside Sweden this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 8 percent are found and Norway, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bjernér9511/
Bjernert938/
Bjerne9227/
Bierner86151/
Pjerner8615/
Bjerned866/
Bjernes864/
Biernier8013/
Bjernhed808/
Biernert806/
Biernner801/
Bierne77343/
Bjärne7739/
Pjerne7710/
Bjerni771/
Byerne771/
Bjernehed7513/
Biernes71162/
Bierney7144/
Bjärnée716/
Biernet716/
Wierner715/
Vherner712/
Byernes712/
Vierner711/
Wherner711/
Vierne62705/
Bierny62111/
Bierna6255/
Bserni621/
Bcirne621/
Biernis5752/
Biernay5747/
Vierney573/
Behirni571/
Whirner570/
Biernais532/
Biernich531/

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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 Bjerner
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