Tursch Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Tursch Surname User-submission:

The Tursch surname is derived from the German words Tür (door) and Tischler (carpenter). It was traditionally given to males, who made the best gates or doors.

Tursch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany481:1,677,19797,745
Belgium191:605,08754,956
Austria161:532,21549,801
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Tursch Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Tursch surname is derived from the German words Tür (door) and Tischler (carpenter). It was traditionally given to males, who made the best gates or doors.

- ryley

Tursch Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tursch occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tursch? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tursch is the 1,967,751st most frequently used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Tursch reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 72 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 1,677,197. In Germany Tursch is mostly concentrated in: Brandenburg, where 33 percent live, Berlin, where 21 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 21 percent live and Austria, where 18 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thursch9220/
Turch91157/
Tursh913/
Tourch83181/
Torsch83146/
Tirsch83111/
Thursh8312/
Turche834/
Turshe831/
Turcht830/
Turs80135/
Tiersch77259/
Tourche7762/
Thorsch7745/
Thirsch771/
Tourshe770/
Tours731,268/
Torsh73460/
Turse73255/
Tuers73237/
Turce7364/
Turss7327/
Thurs7313/
Turst7312/
Tirsh733/
Taurs733/
Tursz733/
Turås733/
Turrs732/
Thiersch71519/
Turshova712/
Tourse6743/
Thursz6739/
Tourss674/
Thirsh671/
Theurs671/
Thurse670/
Thours670/
Teurst670/
Teurse670/
Taurst670/

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