Jörss Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Jörss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 72 | 1:1,118,131 | 74,279 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Jorss (37) are calculated separately.
Jörss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jörss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jörss is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Jorss. For other potential spellings of Jörss click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jörss? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,203,767th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Jörss live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 1,118,131. In Germany Jörss is most prevalent in: Hamburg, where 29 percent reside, Bavaria, where 15 percent reside and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Germany this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Jörss
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