Bührs Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Bührs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 31 | 1:2,596,950 | 129,424 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Buhrs (301) are calculated separately.
Bührs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bührs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bührs is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Buhrs. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bührs? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,776,799th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Bührs live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Bührs is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 2,596,950. In Germany it is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 97 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 3 percent are found. Other than Germany it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 16 percent are found and Belgium, where 12 percent are found.
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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 Bührs
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