Wurst Surname

65,043rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,681 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Wurst Surname Definition:

Most probably the same as the D. name Van Voorst; from vorst, a prince; or from Vorst, a village of Rhenish Prussia.

Wurst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,0761:117,83512,683
Germany2,9591:27,2073,596
Australia6261:43,1245,480
Austria3371:25,2683,992
Hungary1761:55,7745,873
Poland1721:220,98128,861
Canada871:423,51337,101
Czechia501:212,66930,259
Argentina421:1,017,70063,321
Switzerland271:304,18224,091
Peru241:1,324,33821,383
France241:2,767,613196,808
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Denmark91:627,19136,734
England81:6,964,757184,742
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Dominica11:75,891912
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2481:202,49517,559

The alternate forms: Würst (4) are calculated separately.

Wurst (15) may also be a first name.

Wurst Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Most probably the same as the D. name Van Voorst; from vorst, a prince; or from Vorst, a village of Rhenish Prussia.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Wurst Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wurst is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Würst. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wurst? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 65,043rd most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 948,776 people. The last name Wurst is mostly found in Europe, where 49 percent of Wurst live; 44 percent live in Western Europe and 43 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 15 people.

The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 3,076 people, or 1 in 117,835. In The United States Wurst is primarily found in: Minnesota, where 8 percent live, New Jersey, where 7 percent live and Ohio, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States it exists in 51 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 39 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.

Wurst Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wurst has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wurst last name increased 1,240 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wurst Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wurst surname are 24.44% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.21% being registered with the party.

The amount Wurst earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 164.36% more than the national average, earning S/. 51,246 per year; in United States they earn 4.58% more than the national average, earning $45,124 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.95% more than the national average, earning $52,140 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Würst934/
Wurszt91175/
Wuerst9113/
Wurstz911/
Whurst910/
Wuirst910/
Wurste910/
Wurscht830/
Worst802,332/
Burst801,212/
Vurst8045/
Wirst808/
Wurstová7761/
Wurstova771/
Bourst73133/
Vuurst7336/
Buirst7329/
Wierst7313/
Woerst738/
Wirsth736/
Würszt736/
Bursht733/
Vurrst731/
Woorst731/
Worszt731/
Worsth731/
Whirst730/
Vurste730/
Wursztová713/
Vurstová6217/
Vurstova621/
Bürst60104/
Vürst6071/
Virst603/
Bursd601/
Voorst55212/
Burrsd551/
Vierst550/

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