Wirsum Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wirsum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wirsum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1031:781,60657,825
France41:16,605,680368,153
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859

Wirsum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wirsum occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wirsum? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,727,723rd most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname Wirsum is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Wirsum reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 92 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 781,606. In Germany Wirsum is most frequent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 41 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in France, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wiersum92752/
Wirshum920/
Wirschum8672/
Birsum833/
Wirsun831/
Wiersom772/
Wiersun771/
Wurshum771/
Viersum770/
Wirchum770/
Würschum7168/
Wurschum7156/
Wirschun7145/
Wierszuń716/
Wierszun711/
Wirson67114/
Virzum6718/
Birsun6711/
Wersun6710/
Wersom679/
Uirsom672/
Bersum672/
Wuerschum671/

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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 Wirsum
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