Gürber Surname

839,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 328 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Gürber Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gürber Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland3281:25,0393,924
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States781:643,82942,510

The alternate forms: Gurber (34) are calculated separately.

Gürber Last Name Facts

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

Gürber occurs more in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Gurber. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gürber? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 839,220th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 22,218,128 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gürber are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Switzerland, where it is held by 328 people, or 1 in 25,039. In Switzerland it is most common in: Canton of Lucerne, where 24 percent are found, Canton of Zürich, where 20 percent are found and Canton of Aargau, where 19 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gurber9434/
Gürbey83842/
Gürbez83180/
Gorber8366/
Gürver8326/
Girber835/
Gourber7711/
Ghorber771/
Gorbier771/
Gurbert771/
Ghurber771/
Goerber770/
Girbe73240/
Gurbe73187/
Gurbierz7172/
Gourbier7170/
Gourbere7133/
Gourbert712/
Gurrbert710/
Girbea671,000/
Gourbeyre67822/
Gürbay67292/
Gürboy6720/
Gurbey6718/
Girbir673/
Ghirbe672/
Ghurbe672/
Girbär671/
Gurver671/
Girbee671/
Gurbir671/
Gurbee670/

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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
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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 Gürber
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