Jungwirth Surname

71,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,940 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Jungwirth Surname User-submission:

The Jungwirth surname consists of two German words Jung, meaning 'young', and Wirt(h), meaning 'host'. A lot of Germanic names have a connection to the professions. The ancestors of this family must have been hosts.

Jungwirth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,4351:33,0624,360
Austria2,4031:3,544356
United States1,4451:250,83723,840
Czechia2411:44,1227,350
Canada1661:221,96121,363
Australia681:396,99632,204
Hungary401:245,40719,663
Croatia371:114,28717,308
Switzerland361:228,13719,301
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
England101:5,571,806158,774
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
France11:66,422,722504,397
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Jüngwirth (2) are calculated separately.

Jungwirth Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Jungwirth surname consists of two German words Jung, meaning 'young', and Wirt(h), meaning 'host'. A lot of Germanic names have a connection to the professions. The ancestors of this family must have been hosts.

- johannajwt

Jungwirth Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jungwirth is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Jüngwirth. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jungwirth? popularity and diffusion

Jungwirth is the 71,171st most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,050,079 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Jungwirth are found; 70 percent are found in Western Europe and 70 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Jungwirth is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 2,435 people, or 1 in 33,062. In Germany Jungwirth is mostly concentrated in: Bavaria, where 63 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 16 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 7 percent live. Besides Germany this surname is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 35 percent live and The United States, where 21 percent live.

Jungwirth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Jungwirth has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 144,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Jungwirth Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Jungwirth surname are 22.6% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 69.37% registered with the party.

The amount Jungwirth earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 7.01% more than the national average, earning $46,174 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.21% more than the national average, earning $53,762 CAD per year.

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