Schürz Surname
Approximately 861 people bear this surname
Schürz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 744 | 1:11,445 | 1,593 |
| Germany | 100 | 1:805,055 | 59,076 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 92 | 1:545,855 | 37,602 |
The alternate forms: Schurz (1,616) are calculated separately.
Schürz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schürz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schürz is carried by more people in Austria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Schurz. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schürz? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 406,613th most numerous surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 8,464,049 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Schürz live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Schürz is most commonly held in Austria, where it is borne by 744 people, or 1 in 11,445. In Austria it is most common in: Upper Austria, where 76 percent live, Vienna, where 14 percent live and Lower Austria, where 8 percent live. Barring Austria Schürz is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 12 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schurz | 94 | 1,616 | / |
| Schürtz | 92 | 10 | / |
| Schirz | 83 | 122 | / |
| Schürch | 77 | 2,919 | / |
| Schierz | 77 | 1,173 | / |
| Schurtz | 77 | 592 | / |
| Schirtz | 77 | 157 | / |
| Schuerz | 77 | 22 | / |
| Schurcz | 77 | 2 | / |
| Shirz | 73 | 42 | / |
| Shurz | 73 | 7 | / |
| Schuertz | 71 | 164 | / |
| Schiertz | 71 | 84 | / |
| Sschirtz | 71 | 0 | / |
| Schierdz | 71 | 0 | / |
| Shurtz | 67 | 1,823 | / |
| Shirtz | 67 | 155 | / |
| Schurts | 62 | 2 | / |
| Shuertz | 62 | 1 | / |
| Shcirtz | 62 | 1 | / |
| Shurtzs | 62 | 0 | / |
| Surz | 60 | 34 | / |
| Schuerts | 57 | 79 | / |
| Schierts | 57 | 31 | / |
| Suerz | 55 | 328 | / |
| Surtz | 55 | 41 | / |
| Zürtz | 55 | 17 | / |
| Szurz | 55 | 2 | / |
| Shurts | 50 | 474 | / |
| Zsurzs | 50 | 94 | / |
| Sjurtz | 50 | 20 | / |
| Shirts | 50 | 2 | / |
| Shirds | 50 | 0 | / |
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Schürz Reference & Research
Shurts, Schurz, etc FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Schürz
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