Würden Surname
Approximately 235 people bear this surname
Würden Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 233 | 1:345,517 | 33,688 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
The alternate forms: Wurden (76) are calculated separately.
Würden Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Würden Come From? nationality or country of origin
Würden is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Wurden. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Würden? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,061,269th most frequently held family name globally, held by around 1 in 31,010,834 people. The surname Würden is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Würden are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 233 people, or 1 in 345,517. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 51 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 45 percent reside and Bavaria, where 3 percent reside. Beside Germany this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Denmark, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Würden
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