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.

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Wursig Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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 is found most in Australia. It may also occur as a variant: Würsig. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wursig? popularity and diffusion

Wursig is the 4,908,606th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 63 percent of Wursig live; 63 percent live in Australasia and 63 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

Wursig is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 2,699,570. In Australia Wursig is most prevalent in: Queensland, where 80 percent live and New South Wales, where 20 percent live. Excluding Australia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 25 percent live and Spain, where 6 percent live.

Wursig Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wursig has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wursig surname declined 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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
  • 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 Wursig
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