Wirsig Surname

559,180th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 568 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wirsig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wirsig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3051:263,95228,196
United States2281:1,589,732106,920
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Austria101:851,54467,454
Ecuador51:3,181,16927,617
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Wirsig Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wirsig is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wirsig? popularity and diffusion

It is the 559,180th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 12,830,186 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 57 percent of Wirsig live; 56 percent live in Western Europe and 56 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Wirsig is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 305 people, or 1 in 263,952. In Germany Wirsig is most prevalent in: Saxony, where 28 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 15 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent reside. Besides Germany this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 40 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.

Wirsig Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wirsig has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wirsig last name increased 2,073 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wirsig Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wirsig last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wirsig earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 8.67% more than the national average, earning $46,892 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.31% more than the national average, earning $57,290 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wiersig92232/
Wirsieg9221/
Wersig83323/
Würsig83118/
Wursig8316/
Wirsik8312/
Wirsigová804/
Wehrsig77152/
Wuersig7751/
Virsigk771/
Wurschig7144/
Würschig7121/
Werschig710/
Birsic6788/
Virsik6755/
Werzig6753/
Bersig6742/
Würzig6722/
Virsic672/

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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 Wirsig
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