Börnsen Surname

1,328,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Börnsen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Börnsen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1661:484,97341,888
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

The alternate forms: Bornsen (89) are calculated separately.

Börnsen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Börnsen is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Bornsen. Click here for other potential spellings of Börnsen.

How Common Is The Last Name Börnsen? popularity and diffusion

Börnsen is the 1,328,442nd most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Börnsen reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 166 people, or 1 in 484,973. In Germany it is most numerous in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 50 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 14 percent live. Aside from Germany it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 1 percent live and Denmark, where 1 percent live.

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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 Börnsen
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