Wurmus Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden

Wurmus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wurmus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212

Wurmus Last Name Facts

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

Wurmus is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wurmus.

How Common Is The Last Name Wurmus? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most common last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wurmus live; 75 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Wurmus is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 13,417,576. In Germany it is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 67 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent are found and Thuringia, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Burmus83241/
Vurmus83121/
Wormus8365/
Wormeus776/
Burmuss772/
Wurmuth770/
Wormu7324/
Burmu738/
Wiermusz711/
Vormus6767/
Burmou676/
Virmus675/
Wourmouth670/
Bourmou623/
Vormuss621/
Vormhus621/
Vormeus621/
Bourmouz571/
Bourmouh571/

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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 Wurmus
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