Mürtz Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Mürtz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 115 | 1:700,047 | 53,529 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Murtz (741) are calculated separately.
Mürtz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mürtz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mürtz is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Murtz. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mürtz? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mürtz is the 1,674,734th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. The last name Mürtz is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Mürtz are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Mürtz is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 115 people, or 1 in 700,047. In Germany Mürtz is primarily concentrated in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 76 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 9 percent reside and Hesse, where 8 percent reside. Not including Germany this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 2 percent reside and Norway, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mürtz
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis