Wührer Surname
Approximately 863 people bear this surname
Wührer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 491 | 1:17,343 | 2,635 |
| Germany | 370 | 1:217,582 | 24,518 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Wuhrer (331) are calculated separately.
Wührer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wührer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wührer is found most frequently in Austria. It may also appear as: Wuhrer. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wührer? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wührer is the 405,848th most frequent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 8,444,433 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wührer live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most common in Austria, where it is borne by 491 people, or 1 in 17,343. In Austria it is mostly concentrated in: Upper Austria, where 66 percent reside, Lower Austria, where 19 percent reside and Salzburg, where 5 percent reside. Other than Austria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 43 percent reside and Italy, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wuhrer | 94 | 331 | / |
| Bührer | 83 | 3,543 | / |
| Würger | 83 | 632 | / |
| Würzer | 83 | 374 | / |
| Würrer | 83 | 214 | / |
| Wihrer | 83 | 1 | / |
| Woehrer | 77 | 109 | / |
| Wuehrer | 77 | 29 | / |
| Wiehrer | 77 | 22 | / |
| Bürer | 73 | 257 | / |
| Bühre | 73 | 106 | / |
| Whire | 73 | 59 | / |
| Wirer | 73 | 2 | / |
| Würge | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wurer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wihre | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whure | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wurzer | 67 | 6,587 | / |
| Wierer | 67 | 1,555 | / |
| Buhrer | 67 | 1,234 | / |
| Wirrer | 67 | 550 | / |
| Whirry | 67 | 96 | / |
| Wurier | 67 | 90 | / |
| Worzer | 67 | 39 | / |
| Wurere | 67 | 20 | / |
| Wurger | 67 | 11 | / |
| Wurrer | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wuerer | 67 | 4 | / |
| Waurer | 67 | 3 | / |
| Worher | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whirey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whurry | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wirear | 67 | 0 | / |
| Whurey | 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 Wührer
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