Wünsch Surname
Approximately 7,632 people bear this surname
Wünsch Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 7,271 | 1:11,072 | 1,410 |
| Austria | 154 | 1:55,295 | 8,684 |
| Czechia | 112 | 1:94,942 | 15,795 |
| Hungary | 48 | 1:204,506 | 17,202 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Wunsch (8,982) & Wűnsch (18) are calculated separately.
Wünsch Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wünsch Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wünsch occurs most in Germany. It may occur as: Wunsch or Wűnsch. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wünsch? popularity and diffusion
Wünsch is the 65,400th most numerous family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 954,867 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wünsch live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 7,271 people, or 1 in 11,072. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 20 percent are found, Saxony, where 19 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 15 percent are found. Barring Germany this last name occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 2 percent are found and Czechia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wunsch | 94 | 8,982 | / |
| Wűnsch | 94 | 18 | / |
| Wünsche | 92 | 6,805 | / |
| Wünch | 91 | 27 | / |
| Winsch | 83 | 248 | / |
| Wonsch | 83 | 168 | / |
| Wensch | 83 | 160 | / |
| Bünsch | 83 | 52 | / |
| Wnsche | 83 | 33 | / |
| Wynsch | 83 | 12 | / |
| Vünsch | 83 | 4 | / |
| Wünschová | 80 | 128 | / |
| Wnsh | 80 | 4 | / |
| Wnsc | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wuensch | 77 | 957 | / |
| Wunsche | 77 | 345 | / |
| Wiensch | 77 | 99 | / |
| Winsche | 77 | 50 | / |
| Wounsch | 77 | 23 | / |
| Waunsch | 77 | 22 | / |
| Wensche | 77 | 20 | / |
| Weunsch | 77 | 8 | / |
| Wűnsche | 77 | 3 | / |
| Wuinsch | 77 | 0 | / |
| Winch | 73 | 11,713 | / |
| Wunch | 73 | 245 | / |
| Wensh | 73 | 198 | / |
| Wunsh | 73 | 104 | / |
| Wench | 73 | 85 | / |
| Wynch | 73 | 42 | / |
| Wünst | 73 | 34 | / |
| Wensc | 73 | 4 | / |
| Wonsh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bnsch | 73 | 1 | / |
| Winsh | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wuensche | 71 | 506 | / |
| Bänsch | 67 | 2,048 | / |
| Bönsch | 67 | 1,606 | / |
| Binsch | 67 | 195 | / |
| Waunch | 67 | 82 | / |
| Wuench | 67 | 74 | / |
| Bunsch | 67 | 65 | / |
| Winsth | 67 | 33 | / |
| Wns | 67 | 21 | / |
| Wűnschová | 67 | 13 | / |
| Wounch | 67 | 12 | / |
| Vinsch | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wunshe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wunche | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wnnshh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vünschová | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vonsch | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wunschova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wusnch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Winshe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Winschová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wenshe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wensth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vűnsch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vunsch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weensh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wennch | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weunch | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wuinsh | 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 Wünsch
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