Lortzer Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Lortzer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lortzer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Lörtzer (8) are calculated separately.

Lortzer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lortzer is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Lörtzer. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lortzer? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Lortzer is primarily found in Europe, where 75 percent of Lortzer reside; 63 percent reside in Western Europe and 63 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 3,377,435. In The Netherlands Lortzer is most prevalent in: South Holland, where 100 percent live. Not including The Netherlands this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Chile, where 13 percent live and Norway, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lörtzer958/
Loertzer9321/
Lorzer926/
Lortze920/
Loerzer86120/
Lorzier8610/
Lortser861/
Lortsher8040/
Lortcher8019/
Lourtser801/
Lerzer77239/
Lörzer7773/
Larzer771/
Lortscher75225/
Lortcsher751/
Lortshcer751/
Loertscher71602/
Lorcher71154/
Liortza7123/
Lortges718/
Lourcer710/
Hlordzie671/
Lartcher670/
Laurdzer670/
Lörtscher63673/
Lortsi624/
Larcer620/
Lerrtscher590/
Larcher5713,666/
Lörcher571,380/
Hlordzi571,119/
Larcier57354/
Lärcher574/
Lorchir572/
Lardser570/
L'Archer5369/
Larcheer531/
Larchear530/
Lherthsir501/

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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 Lortzer
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