Bonkemeyer Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Bonkemeyer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bonkemeyer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States641:5,663,421279,165
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

The alternate forms: Bönkemeyer (5) are calculated separately.

Bonkemeyer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bonkemeyer is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Bönkemeyer. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bonkemeyer? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,352,516th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. Bonkemeyer is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Bonkemeyer are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 5,663,421. In The United States Bonkemeyer is primarily concentrated in: North Carolina, where 72 percent are found, New Mexico, where 11 percent are found and Washington, where 9 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.

Bonkemeyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bonkemeyer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bonkemeyer last name increased 640 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bonkemeyer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bonkemeyer last name are 43.71% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 90.48% registered with the political party.

Bonkemeyer earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.04% more than the national average, earning $47,051 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 Bonkemeyer
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