Thürnau Surname
Approximately 370 people bear this surname
Thürnau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 361 | 1:223,007 | 24,973 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Thurnau (485) are calculated separately.
Thürnau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thürnau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Thürnau is found most frequently in Germany. It may appear as: Thurnau. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Thürnau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 769,129th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 19,696,070 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Thürnau live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 361 people, or 1 in 223,007. In Germany Thürnau is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 84 percent reside, Hamburg, where 4 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Germany Thürnau occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 2 percent reside and Austria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurnau | 95 | 485 | / |
| Türnau | 92 | 57 | / |
| Thornau | 86 | 18 | / |
| Türna | 83 | 19 | / |
| Thuernau | 80 | 52 | / |
| Thurneau | 80 | 29 | / |
| Thiernau | 80 | 8 | / |
| Tornau | 77 | 414 | / |
| Turnau | 77 | 393 | / |
| Thirna | 77 | 4 | / |
| Thurnu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thurna | 77 | 0 | / |
| Thurnay | 71 | 40 | / |
| Turnaus | 71 | 11 | / |
| Turneau | 71 | 9 | / |
| Turngau | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tournau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thornna | 71 | 0 | / |
| Turnaux | 71 | 0 | / |
| Thurnah | 71 | 0 | / |
| Thurnup | 71 | 0 | / |
| Turna | 67 | 12,216 | / |
| Torna | 67 | 2,451 | / |
| Tornu | 67 | 1,021 | / |
| Turnu | 67 | 373 | / |
| Tirna | 67 | 172 | / |
| Tournaud | 67 | 152 | / |
| Tournaux | 67 | 52 | / |
| Teurnaux | 67 | 3 | / |
| Thornnea | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Thürnau
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