Bursow Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Belarus

Bursow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bursow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Bursow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bursow is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bursow? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bursow is the 7,593,402nd most numerous surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Bursow reside; 50 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 33 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 40,252,730. In Germany Bursow is most common in: Hamburg, where 50 percent reside. Not including Germany this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 33 percent reside and Belarus, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bursowa921/
Bursows920/
Burscow920/
Bursov83444/
Bursaw83224/
Borsow8345/
Burcow8313/
Bursova77574/
Boursaw77203/
Burshaw7732/
Bursovs772/
Bursoiv771/
Burshov771/
Borshowa7133/
Borschow7129/
Boursoub711/
Bourshaw711/
Burshova711/
Burrshaw710/
Burcaw67270/
Borschowa6787/
Burjaw6734/
Burcov6728/
Borsów6713/
Burzov6713/
Vursov6710/
Burcof671/
Borsaw670/

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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 Bursow
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