Gürz Surname
Approximately 1,365 people bear this surname
Gürz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1,327 | 1:58,645 | 5,658 |
| Germany | 34 | 1:2,367,808 | 122,173 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gurz (127) are calculated separately.
Gürz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gürz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gürz is found in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Gurz. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gürz? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 282,448th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 5,338,861 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Gürz are found; 85 percent are found in West Asia and 85 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is held by 1,327 people, or 1 in 58,645. In Turkey Gürz is primarily concentrated in: Hatay Province, where 22 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 17 percent live and Osmaniye Province, where 11 percent live. Besides Turkey this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 2 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.
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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 Gürz
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