Wurft Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wurft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wurft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany361:2,236,263117,794
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401

Wurft Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wurft Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wurft occurs most in Germany. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wurft? popularity and diffusion

Wurft is the 3,228,735th most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wurft reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 2,236,263. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 56 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 25 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent are found. Aside from Germany this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Lithuania, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wurf89168/
Wurff8013/
Burft803/
Wurfe801/
Whurf800/
Whorft731/
Bourft731/
Worf67647/
Würf6789/
Vurf676/
Burf672/
Wurv671/
Whorf60171/
Worff6097/
Burff602/
Vurfe601/
Burrf600/
Bourff55243/
Whorff5547/

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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 Wurft
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