Schurz Surname

246,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,616 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Schurz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schurz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany9771:82,40110,402
United States3931:922,28769,218
Austria1841:46,2807,396
Argentina271:1,583,08986,049
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Namibia61:401,56710,578
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
England21:27,859,030389,889
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
France11:66,422,722504,397

The alternate forms: Schürz (861) are calculated separately.

Schurz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schurz is found most frequently in Germany. It may be found in the variant forms: Schürz. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schurz? popularity and diffusion

It is the 246,165th most prevalent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 4,509,620 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 73 percent of Schurz reside; 72 percent reside in Western Europe and 72 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Schurz is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 977 people, or 1 in 82,401. In Germany it is most frequent in: Saxony, where 34 percent reside, Bavaria, where 22 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent reside. Outside of Germany this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent reside and Austria, where 11 percent reside.

Schurz Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Schurz surname are 38.11% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 84.88% registered to vote for the political party.

Schurz earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.87% less than the national average, earning $42,343 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schürz94861/
Schurtz92592/
Schuerz9222/
Schurcz922/
Shurz917/
Schuertz86164/
Schaurtz861/
Schurtze860/
Scheurtz860/
Shurtz831,823/
Schirz83122/
Churtz8320/
Schurc832/
Churcz831/
Surz8034/
Schierz771,173/
Schurch77765/
Schirtz77157/
Schortz77135/
Schürtz7710/
Schurts772/
Shuertz771/
Sceurtz770/
Shurtzs770/
Suerz73328/
Shirz7342/
Surtz7341/
Szurz732/
Saurz731/
Schiertz7184/
Schuerts7179/
Sschirtz710/
Schierdz710/
Shurts67474/
Shirtz67155/
Zsurzs6794/
Sjurtz6720/
Churts673/
Shurch673/
Ceurtz671/

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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
  • 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 Schurz
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