Kurzweil Surname

237,619th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,689 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Kurzweil Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kurzweil Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6421:564,57846,424
Germany4071:197,80222,786
Austria3361:25,3444,003
Israel1641:52,1816,835
Czechia451:236,29932,568
Poland411:927,04369,048
England151:3,714,537119,675
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
France51:13,284,544357,392
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Kurzweil Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kurzweil is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kurzweil.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurzweil? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 237,619th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 4,314,710 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 51 percent of Kurzweil are found; 45 percent are found in Western Europe and 44 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Kurzweil is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 642 people, or 1 in 564,578. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 20 percent live, New Jersey, where 15 percent live and California, where 14 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 26 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 24 percent live and Austria, where 20 percent live.

Kurzweil Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kurzweil has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kurzweil surname expanded 21,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kurzweil Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kurzweil last name are 8.25% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 61.48% being registered to vote for the political party.

Kurzweil earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 24.94% more than the national average, earning $53,909 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kurzveil8823/
Kurcweil8813/
Kurzwiel882/
Kurzweilová8453/
Kurzweilova842/
Kurzwald757/
Kurcwail754/
Kurzveilová7415/
Kurwal714/
Kurvil711/
Kurwale6790/
Curwiel6712/
Kurcwal6712/
Kurhwal6711/
Khurwal676/
Kaurwal672/
Kuzuele671/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kurzweil
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