Wirtgen Surname
Approximately 463 people bear this surname
Wirtgen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 295 | 1:272,900 | 28,854 |
| Luxembourg | 96 | 1:6,047 | 888 |
| Belgium | 54 | 1:212,901 | 27,429 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wirtgen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wirtgen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wirtgen occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wirtgen.
How Common Is The Last Name Wirtgen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wirtgen is the 652,085th most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,739,840 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Wirtgen reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 295 people, or 1 in 272,900. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 41 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 39 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 11 percent are found. Barring Germany this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Luxembourg, where 21 percent are found and Belgium, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wirthgen | 93 | 382 | / |
| Wirgen | 92 | 2 | / |
| Wertgen | 86 | 84 | / |
| Wärtgen | 86 | 2 | / |
| Virtgen | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wyrtgen | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wirgenth | 80 | 0 | / |
| Werthgen | 80 | 0 | / |
| Virgen | 77 | 21,272 | / |
| Birgen | 77 | 6,974 | / |
| Wergen | 77 | 822 | / |
| Wirgin | 77 | 78 | / |
| Wirsen | 77 | 68 | / |
| Wirzen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wyrtzen | 71 | 73 | / |
| Bertgen | 71 | 60 | / |
| Wiersen | 71 | 37 | / |
| Virgien | 71 | 25 | / |
| Wirseen | 71 | 12 | / |
| Weirgin | 71 | 6 | / |
| Wergent | 71 | 3 | / |
| Virgent | 71 | 3 | / |
| Wertsen | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wirdzen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wirscen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Huertgen | 67 | 16 | / |
| Wierszen | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wirschen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiersien | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wirtgen
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