Wurow Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wurow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wurow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany761:1,059,28271,604
Indonesia431:3,075,563171,061
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Wurow Last Name Facts

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

Wurow is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wurow? popularity and diffusion

Wurow is the 1,658,108th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. The last name Wurow is primarily found in Europe, where 63 percent of Wurow reside; 63 percent reside in Western Europe and 63 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 1,059,282. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 32 percent reside, Brandenburg, where 26 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 21 percent reside. Aside from Germany this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 36 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wurouw9119/
Wuhrow9112/
Wurrow910/
Wuthrow831/
Wurrows830/
Worow806/
Wirow804/
Worrow73298/
Worowa7319/
Waurof7319/
Vurrow737/
Burhow736/
Vutrow731/
Worouw731/
Buroow731/
Woorow731/
Wuirof730/
Wihrow730/
Vurrows672/
Bourrow672/
Wauroff671/
Burrouw671/
Vurrowf671/
Bouroow671/

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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 Wurow
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