Wirds Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Wirds Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Wirds Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands391:433,00544,158
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Wirds Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wirds is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wirds? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,017,195th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Wirds are found; 93 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Wirds is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 433,005. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: South Holland, where 62 percent live, Utrecht, where 18 percent live and Limburg, where 15 percent live. Not including The Netherlands this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent live and Hong Kong, where 2 percent live.

Wirds Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wirds has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wierds917/
Wairds910/
Birds80991/
Wirts80521/
Werds802/
Wirdz801/
Wreds800/
Wirths732,136/
Wierts73487/
Buirds7360/
Weirts7316/
Bairds734/
Wirtzs731/
Weerds731/
Wairts730/
Wirtts730/
Wirz677,480/
Weerdts6712/
Wierths671/
Wirc671/
Wirtchs670/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Wirds
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