Hurtigh Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Hurtigh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hurtigh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden301:328,22522,987
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Hurtigh Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hurtigh is found in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Hurtigh.

How Common Is The Last Name Hurtigh? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,543,123rd most numerous last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Hurtigh are found; 97 percent are found in Northern Europe and 97 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequent in Sweden, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 328,225. In Sweden it is most common in: Stockholm County, where 27 percent live, Jämtland County, where 23 percent live and Västernorrland County, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Sweden this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Spain, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hurtig923,681/
Hurthig868/
Hurttig863/
Hurteig862/
Hourtig860/
Hortig77721/
Hurtic77336/
Hurtik7786/
Hürtig777/
Hurteg772/
Hirtig770/
Hurtigová7525/
Hurtigova751/
Hourtigue751/
Hourtic7145/
Hoertig7136/
Hurtick7117/
Khurtik718/
Hurtykh717/
Horttig710/
Hourticq6717/
Ortig6716/
Urtic678/
Ourtigue674/
Urtik672/

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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 Hurtigh
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