Bjørk Surname
Approximately 660 people bear this surname
Bjørk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 475 | 1:10,826 | 1,202 |
| Denmark | 167 | 1:33,801 | 3,490 |
| Faroe Islands | 8 | 1:6,125 | 639 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Bjrk (591) are calculated separately.
Bjørk (137) may also be a first name.
Bjørk Demographics
Average Bjørk Salary in
Norway
330,869 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Bjørk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bjørk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bjørk is found in Norway more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Bjrk. For other possible spellings of Bjørk click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bjørk? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bjørk is the 499,041st most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 11,041,736 people. The surname Bjørk occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bjørk live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 790,880th most frequently used given name world-wide It is held by 137 people.
The last name Bjørk is most frequent in Norway, where it is borne by 475 people, or 1 in 10,826. In Norway it is mostly found in: Eastern Norway, where 59 percent are found, Western Norway, where 23 percent are found and Central Norway, where 9 percent are found. Barring Norway this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 25 percent are found and The Faroe Islands, where 1 percent are found.
Bjørk Last Name Statistics demography
Bjørk earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning 330,869 kr per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bjrk | 96 | 591 | / |
| Bjørke | 91 | 871 | / |
| Bjørck | 91 | 51 | / |
| Bjørkå | 91 | 33 | / |
| Bjørkø | 91 | 3 | / |
| Bjørkås | 83 | 317 | / |
| Bjørkøe | 83 | 4 | / |
| Bjrck | 80 | 51 | / |
| Bujrk | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bjærke | 73 | 46 | / |
| Bjørgå | 73 | 10 | / |
| Bjreke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Berk | 67 | 29,234 | / |
| Burk | 67 | 27,316 | / |
| Birk | 67 | 19,251 | / |
| Håbjørg | 67 | 45 | / |
| Byrk | 67 | 35 | / |
| Bärk | 67 | 18 | / |
| Bjørgås | 67 | 17 | / |
| Bjrc | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bsrk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bjrx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bjrq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bxrk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vjrk | 67 | 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 Bjørk
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