Bortfeld Surname

899,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 297 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Bortfeld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bortfeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1771:454,83340,228
United States1141:3,179,464183,182
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Bortfeld Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bortfeld is most common in Germany. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bortfeld? popularity and diffusion

Bortfeld is the 899,940th most frequently held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 24,537,192 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Bortfeld live; 60 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Bortfeld is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 177 people, or 1 in 454,833. In Germany Bortfeld is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 71 percent live, Hesse, where 11 percent live and Hamburg, where 8 percent live. Aside from Germany it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 38 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Bortfeld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bortfeld has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bortfeld surname expanded 1,140 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bortfeld Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bortfeld surname are 37.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 84.62% being registered with the party.

Bortfeld earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.85% more than the national average, earning $49,123 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 Bortfeld
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