von Kürten Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

von Kürten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

von Kürten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

von Kürten Last Name Facts

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

von Kürten is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name von Kürten? popularity and diffusion

von Kürten is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of von Kürten live; 75 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 40,252,730. In Germany von Kürten is most common in: Baden-Württemberg, where 50 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 50 percent are found. Not including Germany it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 25 percent are found and Switzerland, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Koerten7667/
von Courten762/
van Koorten761/
Vongarten742/
Vankriten741/
von Gorton701/
van Gorten700/
van Grutten675/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to von Kürten
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