Bratberg Surname

492,802nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 671 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Bratberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bratberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway4551:11,3021,262
United States1261:2,876,658169,773
Canada561:657,95753,499
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Denmark141:403,19427,097
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Bratberg Last Name Facts

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

Bratberg is more commonly found in Norway than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bratberg? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 492,802nd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,860,724 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Bratberg reside; 73 percent reside in Northern Europe and 73 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequently held in Norway, where it is held by 455 people, or 1 in 11,302. In Norway it is most frequent in: Eastern Norway, where 60 percent are found, Central Norway, where 34 percent are found and Western Norway, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Norway this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent are found and Canada, where 8 percent are found.

Bratberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bratberg has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 840 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bratberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Bratberg surname are 7.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.71% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Bratberg earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 7.05% less than the national average, earning 321,681 kr per year; in United States they earn 22.8% more than the national average, earning $52,986 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.18% less than the national average, earning $44,623 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 Bratberg
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