Bouwknecht Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Bouwknecht Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bouwknecht Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands951:177,76025,545
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Bouwknecht Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bouwknecht occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bouwknecht? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,628,521st most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. Bouwknecht occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Bouwknecht live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Bouwknecht is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 177,760. In The Netherlands Bouwknecht is mostly concentrated in: Friesland, where 32 percent reside, South Holland, where 28 percent reside and Gelderland, where 15 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 20 percent reside and Spain, where 2 percent reside.

Bouwknecht Last Name Statistics demography

Bouwknecht earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 3.67% more than the national average, earning $51,508 CAD 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 Bouwknecht
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