Wurf Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Wurf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 87 | 1:925,350 | 65,249 |
| United States | 43 | 1:8,429,278 | 367,833 |
| Australia | 31 | 1:870,829 | 53,581 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
The alternate forms: Würf (89) are calculated separately.
Wurf Demographics
Average Wurf Salary in
United States
$56,306 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wurf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wurf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wurf is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Würf. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wurf? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wurf is the 1,333,288th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Wurf are found; 52 percent are found in Western Europe and 52 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Wurf is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 925,350. In Germany Wurf is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 30 percent are found, Saxony-Anhalt, where 23 percent are found and Saxony, where 18 percent are found. Barring Germany it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 26 percent are found and Australia, where 18 percent are found.
Wurf Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wurf last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
Wurf earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 30.49% more than the national average, earning $56,306 USD per year.
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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 Wurf
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