Thürig Surname

643,972nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 471 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Thürig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Thürig Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland4681:17,5492,885
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

The alternate forms: Thurig (87) are calculated separately.

Thürig Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thürig is most common in Switzerland. It can also appear in the variant forms: Thurig. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thürig? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 643,972nd most frequently used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 15,472,497 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Thürig live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Thürig is most frequently used in Switzerland, where it is held by 468 people, or 1 in 17,549. In Switzerland Thürig is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Lucerne, where 59 percent live, Canton of Zürich, where 12 percent live and Canton of Aargau, where 9 percent live. Beside Switzerland this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Chile, where 0 percent live and China, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thurig9487/
Thirig831/
Thierig7758/
Thoerig7748/
Theurig7729/
Thuerig7714/
Torig731,124/
Türug73118/
Turig7320/
Tirig7316/
Thurik67109/
Thoric6735/
Taurig672/
Thirug671/
Torihg671/
Turhig670/
Torigg670/
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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 Thürig
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