Kürten Surname

125,183rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,638 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kürten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kürten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,5851:22,4562,972
Austria251:340,61736,996
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States431:1,167,87666,381

The alternate forms: Kurten (1,483), Kurtén (100) & Kurtèn (2) are calculated separately.

Kürten Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kürten is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Kurten, Kurtén or Kurtèn. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kürten? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kürten is the 125,183rd most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,003,174 people. The surname Kürten is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kürten live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 3,585 people, or 1 in 22,456. In Germany Kürten is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 85 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 4 percent reside and Bavaria, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Germany it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 1 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kurten941,483/
Kürthen921/
Kurtén89100/
Kurtèn892/
Cürten83394/
Kirten83312/
Kürtün83244/
Kürtem831/
Kürtenová801/
Kuerten77661/
Kurthen7730/
Kierten7726/
Kirthen772/
Kurtteen711/
Kurtin671,383/
Kurtyn67100/
Kirtin679/
Kurtín674/
Kuertn673/
Khurtin62968/
Khurtyn6260/
Cuerten6222/
Kurttin621/
Curtien620/

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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 Kürten
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