Bjerke

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Usage

Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish

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Origin and Meaning

Transferred use of the surname which derives from place names containing Old Norse bjǫrk = 'birch' (see also BJÖRK) [1]

Birch trees
Birch trees
Image by Paul Lenz,[2]
licensed under Creative Commons

Related Names

Bjerke
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish Swedish

Combinations

For combinations see BJÖRK

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Bjerke
Genitive: Bjerkes
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Bjerke
Genitive: Bjerkes

Further Information

Strongest Period of Usage

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Denmark Denmark[4]
11
n.a.
0
n.a.
11
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[5]
0 4 0 0 0 4
Finland Finland[6]
n.a.
0 0 0 0 0
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Bjerke.


References

  1. Olav Veka: Norsk etternamnleksikon (2001)
  2. Wikimedia Commons: Image by Paul Lenz, source & license
  3. Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  4. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi