Bohnhorst Surname

577,768th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 544 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Norway

Bohnhorst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bohnhorst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4371:184,22321,480
Norway561:91,82712,640
United States431:8,429,278367,833
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Bohnhorst Last Name Facts

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

Bohnhorst is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bohnhorst? popularity and diffusion

It is the 577,768th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 13,396,224 people. The last name Bohnhorst is primarily found in Europe, where 92 percent of Bohnhorst are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 437 people, or 1 in 184,223. In Germany Bohnhorst is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 46 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent reside and Hamburg, where 12 percent reside. Not including Germany this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.

Bohnhorst Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bohnhorst has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bohnhorst last name increased 2,150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bohnhorst Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Bohnhorst surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.

The amount Bohnhorst earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 10.4% less than the national average, earning 310,090 kr per year and in United States they earn 13.56% less than the national average, earning $37,297 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bonhorst9480/
Boenhorst890/
Vonhorst823/
Bomhorst822/
Benhorst820/
Bonherst820/
Bannhorst780/
Benorst750/
Vanhorst7121/
Bamhorst712/
Vanhoorst671/
Banerst632/
Vannorst590/
Bamharst590/

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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 Bohnhorst
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