Bönig Surname
Approximately 1,344 people bear this surname
Bönig Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,333 | 1:60,394 | 7,767 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
The alternate forms: Bonig (117) are calculated separately.
Bönig Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bönig Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bönig occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Bonig. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bönig.
How Common Is The Last Name Bönig? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bönig is the 285,960th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 5,422,281 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bönig live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Bönig is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 1,333 people, or 1 in 60,394. In Germany Bönig is mostly found in: Lower Saxony, where 32 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 22 percent live and Bavaria, where 11 percent live. Apart from Germany this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 1 percent live and Austria, where 0 percent live.
Bönig Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bönig has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bönig last name declined 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonig | 93 | 117 | / |
| Bönigk | 91 | 177 | / |
| Böhnig | 91 | 69 | / |
| Bönigt | 91 | 1 | / |
| Bönigh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Böhnigk | 83 | 10 | / |
| Bönigke | 83 | 1 | / |
| Benig | 80 | 1,606 | / |
| Banig | 80 | 456 | / |
| Wönig | 80 | 12 | / |
| Bönik | 80 | 6 | / |
| Boenig | 73 | 836 | / |
| Bönick | 73 | 39 | / |
| Banigh | 73 | 14 | / |
| Baenig | 73 | 11 | / |
| Benoig | 73 | 8 | / |
| Bonnig | 73 | 6 | / |
| Bonigk | 73 | 5 | / |
| Bohnig | 73 | 3 | / |
| Bannig | 73 | 1 | / |
| Benaig | 73 | 1 | / |
| Benigk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Behnig | 73 | 1 | / |
| Benigh | 73 | 0 | / |
| Beneig | 73 | 0 | / |
| Boenigk | 67 | 742 | / |
| Bönicke | 67 | 233 | / |
| Beneigh | 67 | 32 | / |
| Bonnaig | 67 | 28 | / |
| Boehnig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boenigh | 67 | 0 | / |
| Baneigh | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Bönig
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