Kurthen Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Kurthen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 28 | 1:2,875,195 | 137,699 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Kürthen (1) are calculated separately.
Kurthen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kurthen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kurthen occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Kürthen. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kurthen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kurthen is the 3,602,217th most frequent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Kurthen live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 2,875,195. In Germany it is mostly found in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 57 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 32 percent live and Bavaria, where 7 percent live. Other than Germany Kurthen occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kürthen | 95 | 1 | / |
| Kourthen | 93 | 6 | / |
| Kurten | 92 | 1,483 | / |
| Kuerten | 86 | 661 | / |
| Kuirten | 86 | 3 | / |
| Kirthen | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kourten | 86 | 1 | / |
| Keurten | 86 | 0 | / |
| Courthen | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kurtahyn | 80 | 1 | / |
| Korthein | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kurtteen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kürten | 77 | 3,638 | / |
| Korten | 77 | 2,261 | / |
| Kurtin | 77 | 1,383 | / |
| Kirten | 77 | 312 | / |
| Curten | 77 | 137 | / |
| Kurtén | 77 | 100 | / |
| Kurtyn | 77 | 100 | / |
| Kurtín | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kuertn | 77 | 3 | / |
| Kurtèn | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kúrten | 77 | 1 | / |
| Courtheyn | 75 | 40 | / |
| Kurtenova | 75 | 2 | / |
| Curtean | 71 | 1,186 | / |
| Khurtin | 71 | 968 | / |
| Kurtina | 71 | 388 | / |
| Koerten | 71 | 208 | / |
| Courten | 71 | 123 | / |
| Kurtyna | 71 | 62 | / |
| Khurtyn | 71 | 60 | / |
| Khorten | 71 | 32 | / |
| Corthen | 71 | 30 | / |
| Kierten | 71 | 26 | / |
| Cuerten | 71 | 22 | / |
| Kurtain | 71 | 20 | / |
| Kirtein | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kortten | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kurttin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cuirten | 71 | 0 | / |
| Curtien | 71 | 0 | / |
| Khurtina | 67 | 738 | / |
| Courtien | 67 | 201 | / |
| Khurtyna | 67 | 63 | / |
| Courteyn | 67 | 33 | / |
| Kourtina | 67 | 11 | / |
| Courteen | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kiertein | 67 | 1 | / |
| Curtn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kurtnova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kurtaine | 67 | 0 | / |
| Curtisen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Courtean | 67 | 0 | / |
| Corthean | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kurthen
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