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
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Wurf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wurf Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wurf occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Würf. For other potential spellings of Wurf click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wurf? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wurf is the 1,333,288th most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 56 percent of Wurf reside; 52 percent reside in Western Europe and 52 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 925,350. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Bavaria, where 30 percent live, Saxony-Anhalt, where 23 percent live and Saxony, where 18 percent live. Beside Germany this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent live and Australia, where 18 percent live.
Wurf Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wurf surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the political 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
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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 Wurf
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