Wirfs Surname

742,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 388 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Wirfs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wirfs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2861:1,267,33989,284
Germany1011:797,08458,657
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States431:1,167,87666,381

Wirfs Last Name Facts

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

Wirfs occurs most in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wirfs? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 742,570th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 18,782,335 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Wirfs live; 74 percent live in North America and 74 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 286 people, or 1 in 1,267,339. In The United States Wirfs is most common in: Oregon, where 35 percent live, Illinois, where 12 percent live and Maryland, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 26 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

Wirfs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wirfs has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 665 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wirfs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wirfs surname are 11.12% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.89% registered to vote for the party.

Wirfs earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.16% less than the national average, earning $37,039 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wierfs910/
Werfs806/
Birfs803/
Würbs609/
Virbs601/
Werws601/
Wrevs601/
Birfx601/
Wyrwsz551/
Birbsh551/
Bairws550/
Berfsch501/

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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 Wirfs
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