Wurczel Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Wurczel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
The alternate forms: Würczel (1) are calculated separately.
Wurczel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wurczel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wurczel is held by more people in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Würczel. Click here for further potential spellings of Wurczel.
How Common Is The Last Name Wurczel? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,593,402nd most widely held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wurczel are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
The surname Wurczel is most frequently held in Slovakia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,067,290. In Slovakia Wurczel is most numerous in: Trnava Region, where 80 percent reside and Nitra Region, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Slovakia it occurs in one country. It is also found in Czechia, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Würczel | 95 | 1 | / |
| Wurczell | 93 | 10 | / |
| Wurzel | 92 | 1,656 | / |
| Wurcel | 92 | 73 | / |
| Wurtzel | 86 | 773 | / |
| Wurzell | 86 | 75 | / |
| Worczel | 86 | 7 | / |
| Wurzeel | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wurzl | 83 | 35 | / |
| Wurtzell | 80 | 7 | / |
| Wurczellová | 78 | 21 | / |
| Worcel | 77 | 59 | / |
| Vurzel | 77 | 19 | / |
| Vurcel | 77 | 8 | / |
| Wirzel | 77 | 6 | / |
| Würzel | 77 | 4 | / |
| Wurzll | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wurcelová | 75 | 2 | / |
| Burdzel | 71 | 374 | / |
| Burchel | 71 | 117 | / |
| Burtcel | 71 | 9 | / |
| Würtzel | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wurtzll | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wirtzel | 71 | 1 | / |
| Burchell | 67 | 9,185 | / |
| Würtzell | 67 | 5 | / |
| Burdzell | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vurchell | 67 | 1 | / |
| Burtchel | 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
- 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 Wurczel
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