Björnberg Surname
Approximately 922 people bear this surname
Björnberg Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 881 | 1:11,177 | 976 |
| Finland | 21 | 1:261,748 | 20,300 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Bjornberg (403) are calculated separately.
Björnberg Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Björnberg Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Björnberg is held by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Bjornberg. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Björnberg? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 385,337th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 7,904,063 people. The last name Björnberg occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Björnberg reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname Björnberg is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is carried by 881 people, or 1 in 11,177. In Sweden Björnberg is most numerous in: Västra Götaland County, where 28 percent reside, Stockholm County, where 18 percent reside and Skåne County, where 12 percent reside. Beside Sweden this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 2 percent reside and Estonia, where 1 percent reside.
Björnberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Björnberg has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bjornberg | 96 | 403 | / |
| Björneberg | 95 | 16 | / |
| Bjrnberg | 94 | 12 | / |
| Bjørnberg | 89 | 36 | / |
| Bjorneberg | 84 | 63 | / |
| Bjørneberg | 84 | 32 | / |
| Bjarnaberg | 84 | 21 | / |
| Bjärenberg | 84 | 11 | / |
| Bjarneberg | 84 | 10 | / |
| Bjärnborg | 78 | 11 | / |
| Bjornburg | 78 | 4 | / |
| Bjarneborg | 74 | 29 | / |
| Bjurenborg | 74 | 25 | / |
| Bjørneborg | 74 | 8 | / |
| Björnebark | 74 | 1 | / |
| Bjørnbirk | 67 | 4 | / |
| Boije Reineborg | 58 | 1 | / |
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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 Björnberg
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