Gurwell Surname

783,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 361 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guam

Gurwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gurwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3521:1,029,71375,652
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Guam11:160,1214,893
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States661:760,88948,111

Gurwell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gurwell is most common in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gurwell.

How Common Is The Last Name Gurwell? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 783,439th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,187,108 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Gurwell are found; 96 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Gurwell is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 352 people, or 1 in 1,029,713. In The United States it is primarily found in: Iowa, where 19 percent live, California, where 17 percent live and Kansas, where 11 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.

Gurwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gurwell has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 533 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gurwell Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Gurwell are 34.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 80.95% registered with the party.

Gurwell earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.7% more than the national average, earning $46,038 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gurwelle930/
Gorwell8643/
Gurbell861/
Girwell860/
Goerwell808/
Gurbel7736/
Guruel772/
Gorwill7194/
Gauruel715/
Gourbel711/
Ghourbel672/
Gurvle622/
Gurbil621/
Gourbil57203/

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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 Gurwell
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