Wursig Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Finland

Wursig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wursig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Würsig (118) are calculated separately.

Wursig Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wursig occurs in Australia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Würsig. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wursig? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wursig is the 4,908,606th most frequently held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 63 percent of Wursig are found; 63 percent are found in Australasia and 63 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Wursig is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 2,699,570. In Australia Wursig is most frequent in: Queensland, where 80 percent are found and New South Wales, where 20 percent are found. Beside Australia it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 25 percent are found and Spain, where 6 percent are found.

Wursig Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wursig has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Würsig94118/
Wuersig9251/
Wurschig8644/
Wirsig83568/
Bursig83103/
Worsig833/
Wiersig77232/
Wirsieg7721/
Wurchig774/
Boursig770/
Würschig7121/
Bursic67196/
Bursiq6768/
Worseg6762/
Burzig6760/
Würzig6722/
Wirsik6712/
Burseg6711/
Vursik672/
Wurschick671/
Worzig671/
Worsic670/

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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 Wursig
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