Wurt Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Wurt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wurt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

The alternate forms: Würt (8) are calculated separately.

Wurt Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wurt is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Würt. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wurt? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,587,209th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Wurt occurs mostly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Wurt reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 60,409,822. In The United States it is mostly found in: Michigan, where 33 percent live, Indiana, where 17 percent live and New Jersey, where 17 percent live. Barring The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 25 percent live and Australia, where 17 percent live.

Wurt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wurt has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Würt928/
Wurth894,849/
Wurts89551/
Wuert896/
Wurte891/
Wourt890/
Wurtt890/
Wuerth80594/
Wourte8015/
Wurthe809/
Weurth802/
Wuurth801/
Waurtz801/
Wurrtz800/
Wourth800/
Wuirtz800/
Wusrtz800/
Wuirth800/
Wurtch800/
Burt7563,434/
Wirt754,361/
Wort751,597/
Vurt753/
Wurd753/
Wirth6762,544/
Würtz673,941/
Würth673,864/
Burtt672,451/
Bourt67243/
Burdt67236/
Woort67164/
Wirht67154/
Buhrt6766/
Vurts6759/
Woert6738/
Whirt6730/
Wirtt6725/
Wortt6716/
Wiert679/
Wurcz677/
Würts675/
Worht673/
Whort673/
Vurth673/
Baurt672/
Buirt672/
Vurtz672/
Wurdz671/
Beurt671/
Worrt671/
Wirdt671/
Wűrth671/
Vurte671/
Wordt670/
Burrt670/

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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 Wurt
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