Lörz Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Lörz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lörz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1301:619,27349,237
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571

The alternate forms: Lorz (1,842) are calculated separately.

Lörz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lörz is found most frequently in Germany. It may be rendered as a variant: Lorz. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lörz? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,527,735th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Lörz live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Lörz is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 619,273. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 81 percent live, Hamburg, where 5 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 5 percent live. Beside Germany Lörz is found in one country. It is also common in Switzerland, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lorz921,842/
Lörtz8915/
Lör866/
Löhr7511,693/
Lerz75267/
Lärz7584/
Larz7551/
Lortz671,852/
Lörch67693/
Lartz67320/
Laarz67156/
Laerz6724/
Loerz6711/
Lärtz678/
Lharz676/
Lertz673/
Löhre671/
Larzh671/
Larzs671/
Lerdz671/
Lordz671/
Larrz670/

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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 Lörz
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