Nürnberger Surname

91,714th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,218 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Nürnberger Surname Definition:

(German) One who came from Nurnberg (the fortress of the Noricii), in Germany.

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Nürnberger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4,8981:16,4362,172
Austria2771:30,7424,948
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Czechia121:886,12273,425
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

The alternate forms: Nurnberger (597) are calculated separately.

Nürnberger Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who came from Nurnberg (the fortress of the Noricii), in Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

When someone is surnamed Nurnberger, that means 'from Nuremberg'. Nuremberg (or Nurnberg in German) is the 2nd largest Bavarian city, 1.5h by train from Munich and 2.25h by car from Munich. Throughout Germany it's the country's 14th largest city with 544K inhabitants.

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Nürnberger is a german name and means from the german city Nürnberg.

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Nürnberger Last Name Facts

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

Nürnberger has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also be found as a variant: Nurnberger. For other potential spellings of Nürnberger click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nürnberger? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 91,714th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,396,617 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Nürnberger live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Nürnberger is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 4,898 people, or 1 in 16,436. In Germany Nürnberger is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 36 percent are found, Saxony, where 16 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent are found. Besides Germany it occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 5 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.

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