Thüring Surname

319,360th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Thüring Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thüring Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland7221:11,3751,877
Germany4301:187,22221,768
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
France11:66,422,722504,397

The alternate forms: Thuring (697) are calculated separately.

Thüring Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thüring is borne by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Thuring. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thüring? popularity and diffusion

The last name Thüring is the 319,360th most prevalent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 6,223,353 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Thüring are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Thüring is most numerous in Switzerland, where it is carried by 722 people, or 1 in 11,375. In Switzerland it is mostly concentrated in: Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 57 percent live, Canton of Solothurn, where 12 percent live and Canton of Basel-Stadt, where 9 percent live. Barring Switzerland this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 37 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thuring95697/
Türing927/
Thiring8623/
Tühring861/
Thüringová826/
Thirring8043/
Thuering8036/
Thihring8021/
Turing77921/
Türüng77713/
Tiring77125/
Thirng771/
Thierring750/
Turring713/
Tiering712/
Turng6728/
Thueraeng634/
Tireng62184/
Tirinc6252/
Tureng6248/
Turäng628/
Tirink628/
Tiroeng5718/
Tiraeng5713/
Tierinck531/
Turnq501/

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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 Thüring
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