Jörissen Surname

667,223rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 449 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Jörissen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jörissen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4241:189,87122,028
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Belize11:355,4743,977

Jörissen Last Name Facts

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

Jörissen is found most frequently in Germany. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jörissen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Jörissen is the 667,223rd most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 16,230,615 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Jörissen live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 424 people, or 1 in 189,871. In Germany Jörissen is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 78 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 9 percent live and Hamburg, where 8 percent live. Outside of Germany this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 3 percent live and Switzerland, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jöerissen946/
Jörihsen8815/
Jörissem881/
Jöressen881/
Jarissen880/
Jeurissen823,110/
Joerissen8295/
Jörrihsen826/
Jörressen821/
Jörißen80147/
Jarisen805/
Jörixen803/
Zarissen7512/
Jörrißen751/
Joeressen7114/
Joerihsen7113/
Jeurrisen710/
Jeuressen710/
Sarisen6721/
Jarusen6711/
Jarisan674/
Jarisin671/
Sorisen670/
Serisen670/
Joerressen670/

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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 Jörissen
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