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.

Wirds Surname Distribution Map

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

Wirds is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wirds? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wirds is the 3,017,195th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Wirds reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent 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 reside, Utrecht, where 18 percent reside and Limburg, where 15 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent reside and Hong Kong, where 2 percent reside.

Wirds Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wirds has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wirds surname fell 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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