Wird Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Wird Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wird Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

Wird (10) may also be a first name.

Wird Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wird is more frequently found in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wird? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wird is the 4,034,050th most commonly used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 54 percent of Wird are found; 46 percent are found in Northern Europe and 46 percent are found in Scandinavia. Wird is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 10 people.

The surname is most common in Sweden, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 984,676. In Sweden it is primarily found in: Stockholm County, where 50 percent reside, Västra Götaland County, where 30 percent reside and Kalmar County, where 10 percent reside. Not including Sweden this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 13 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside.

Wird Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wird has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wird last name declined 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wierd8911/
Waird897/
Wirdt891/
Woird891/
Wirdz891/
Wiord891/
Weird891/
Wierød8057/
Weirdt8019/
Waired801/
Wairdh801/
Wairds800/
Bird75127,174/
Wirt754,361/
Werd75161/
Wred7532/
Vird755/
Wurd753/
Wjrd752/
Uird751/
Wyrd751/
Wiehrdt7324/
Wirehed736/
Baird6780,907/
Wirth6762,544/
Weerd67625/
Wirts67521/
Wirht67154/
Beird67132/
Wredt6767/
Werdt6762/
Vaird6750/
Wredh6748/
Birdt6740/
Birdd6734/
Wirte6731/
Buird6730/
Whirt6730/
Wirtt6725/
Wirzt6717/
Wiert679/
Wircz674/
Weard674/
Vierd673/
Viord672/
Huird671/
Birrd671/
Werdz671/
Virdt671/
Birdh671/
Wredd671/
Boird671/
Weirt670/
Wiort670/
Wyord670/

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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 Wird
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