Bollensen Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Bollensen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bollensen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany941:856,44161,781
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Bollensen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bollensen is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Bollensen.

How Common Is The Last Name Bollensen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bollensen is the 1,736,881st most widespread surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Bollensen reside; 85 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 856,441. In Germany Bollensen is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 80 percent live, Brandenburg, where 13 percent live and Bavaria, where 2 percent live. Outside of Germany this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent live and Italy, where 1 percent live.

Bollensen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bollensen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bollensen last name increased 267 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bollensen Last Name Statistics demography

Bollensen earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 49.45% more than the national average, earning $64,488 USD per year.

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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 Bollensen
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