Jörg Surname

58,772nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,593 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Jörg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jörg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6,3141:12,7501,653
Switzerland1,6881:4,865723
Austria4541:18,7562,908
Hungary521:188,77516,213
Netherlands261:649,50753,972
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Czechia101:1,063,34780,937
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Finland81:687,08836,047
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:1,477,02079,266

Jörg (343,142) may also be a first name.

Jörg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jörg (Hindi: जोर्ग) occurs most in Germany. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jörg? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 58,772nd most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 848,079 people. The last name Jörg occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jörg reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Jörg is also the 3,038th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 343,142 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 6,314 people, or 1 in 12,750. In Germany Jörg is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 46 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 17 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Germany it occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 20 percent reside and Austria, where 5 percent reside.

Jörg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Jörg has changed through the years. In The United States it fell 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jörgh891/
Jarg75180/
Jörk75144/
Järg75107/
Iörg751/
Jörgová736/
Jargh671,596/
Joerg671,376/
Jörke67615/
Zörgő67144/
Geörg67100/
Jörck6755/
Jargg671/
Jharg671/
Jaerg670/

Jörg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jörg in the Hindi language
जोर्गjorga-

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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 Jörg
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