Urchs Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Czechia

Urchs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Urchs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Urchs Last Name Facts

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

Urchs has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Urchs? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,798,600th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Urchs live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Urchs is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 3,659,339. In Germany Urchs is primarily found in: Saxony, where 36 percent live, Bavaria, where 18 percent live and Hesse, where 9 percent live. Outside of Germany this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 11 percent live and Austria, where 4 percent live.

Urchs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Urchs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Urchs last name decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Urch891,285/
Urcs8930/
Urhs891/
Hurch80211/
Ourch80139/
Gurch8068/
Urtch802/
Urche802/
Urcse801/
Uhrch801/
Uirch801/
Eurch801/
Uhrhs801/
Irchs801/
Aurch801/
Urrch800/
Urhsh800/
Urchsová775/
Urc7596/
Hourch73314/
Gourch73241/
Hurtch7319/
Hurcks7317/
Gurtch739/
Hirchs734/
Horchs731/
Hurche731/
Ourhts731/
Ourche731/
Hurcsh730/
Orch67742/
Urhe67190/
Hurc67141/
Urci6782/
Urks6718/
Ourc678/
Urkh674/
Urjs672/
Hourche672/
Ňurc672/
Urgs672/
Urhc671/
Eurc671/
Urts671/
Urds671/
Orcs671/
Uhrc671/
Urzh671/
Heurcks670/

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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 Urchs
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