Wurr Surname
Approximately 631 people bear this surname
Wurr Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 163 | 1:2,223,674 | 139,425 |
| Germany | 159 | 1:506,324 | 43,083 |
| Brazil | 73 | 1:2,932,525 | 86,118 |
| England | 73 | 1:763,261 | 41,903 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56 | 1:145,602 | 20,089 |
| Canada | 34 | 1:1,083,694 | 79,951 |
| Scotland | 19 | 1:281,780 | 13,396 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 51 | 1:477,948 | 26,685 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Würr (18) are calculated separately.
Wurr Demographics
Average Wurr Salary in
United States
$48,365 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wurr Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wurr Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wurr is found most in The United States. It can occur as: Würr. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wurr? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 516,587th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 11,549,201 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 43 percent of Wurr live; 30 percent live in North America and 30 percent live in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most common in The United States, where it is held by 163 people, or 1 in 2,223,674. In The United States Wurr is most prevalent in: Iowa, where 39 percent reside, California, where 23 percent reside and Arizona, where 10 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 25 percent reside and Brazil, where 12 percent reside.
Wurr Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wurr has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,358 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 143 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wurr Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wurr surname are 43.06% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 89.83% being registered with the political party.
The amount Wurr earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 12.06% less than the national average, earning R 208,980 per year; in United States they earn 12.09% more than the national average, earning $48,365 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.46% more than the national average, earning $52,891 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Würr | 92 | 18 | / |
| Whurr | 89 | 117 | / |
| Wur | 86 | 184 | / |
| Wourre | 80 | 2 | / |
| Burr | 75 | 32,423 | / |
| Wour | 75 | 10,052 | / |
| Wurz | 75 | 2,868 | / |
| Worr | 75 | 175 | / |
| Wure | 75 | 113 | / |
| Whur | 75 | 58 | / |
| Wuhr | 75 | 52 | / |
| Waur | 75 | 44 | / |
| Vurr | 75 | 6 | / |
| Weur | 75 | 3 | / |
| Wurd | 75 | 3 | / |
| Wuyr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wurp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wuir | 75 | 0 | / |
| Woure | 67 | 144 | / |
| Waure | 67 | 142 | / |
| Wahur | 67 | 59 | / |
| Vurre | 67 | 28 | / |
| Baurr | 67 | 13 | / |
| Bourr | 67 | 6 | / |
| Worrh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wuire | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wuhrh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whorr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weure | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuhyr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Burrh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Worrz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beurr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whure | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wurtt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wutrz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weurz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wourt | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wurr
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