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 is found most in Germany. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wirtgen.
How Common Is The Last Name Wirtgen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 652,085th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 15,739,840 people. The surname Wirtgen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Wirtgen live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 295 people, or 1 in 272,900. In Germany Wirtgen is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 41 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 39 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Germany this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Luxembourg, where 21 percent reside and Belgium, where 12 percent reside.
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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