Jourgens Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Jourgens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jourgens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Jourgens Last Name Facts

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

Jourgens has its highest incidence in Germany. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jourgens? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Jourgens live; 80 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 20,126,365. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 75 percent reside and Bavaria, where 25 percent reside. Apart from Germany this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent reside.

Jourgens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Jourgens has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Jourgens surname declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Jourgens
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