Brieskorn Surname

637,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 478 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Brieskorn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brieskorn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4351:185,07021,565
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Brieskorn Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brieskorn is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brieskorn? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 637,196th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 15,245,912 people. The last name Brieskorn is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Brieskorn live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Brieskorn is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 435 people, or 1 in 185,070. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 41 percent live, Berlin, where 14 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 11 percent live. Barring Germany this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 4 percent live and Thailand, where 3 percent live.

Brieskorn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brieskorn has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brieskorn last name contracted 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brieskorn Last Name Statistics demography

Brieskorn earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 1.38% more than the national average, earning $50,368 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Brieskorn
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