Gurwitz Surname

603,653rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 514 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Gurwitz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gurwitz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4511:803,67861,918
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
Israel131:658,28045,106
Mexico91:13,791,80145,470
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080

Gurwitz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gurwitz is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gurwitz? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 603,653rd most prevalent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 14,178,105 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Gurwitz live; 89 percent live in North America and 88 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 451 people, or 1 in 803,678. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 38 percent are found, Texas, where 16 percent are found and Maryland, where 9 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 6 percent are found and Israel, where 3 percent are found.

Gurwitz Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gurwitz surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Gurwitz earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 42.84% less than the national average, earning R 135,828 per year and in United States they earn 27.03% more than the national average, earning $54,814 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gourwitz9318/
Gurvitz86263/
Gurwicz86145/
Gorwitz8688/
Gurbitz864/
Gurwitch8077/
Gourvitz8061/
Goerwitz806/
Goorwitz803/
Gurweicz802/
Gorweitz801/
Guruitez801/
Gurwitts800/
Gurwic7713/
Gurwitsch752/
Gurvits71304/
Girvitz7146/
Gurwich7140/
Gorvitz7124/
Gurviez7119/
Girwidz7112/
Gurbicz7111/
Gurvitš718/
Gorwits716/
Girwicz715/
Gaurwitsch715/
Gurwiec711/
Guruicz711/
Gurvitch67112/
Gurvitsj674/
Gourvits674/

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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 Gurwitz
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