Würges Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Würges Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 270 | 1:298,168 | 30,684 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Wurges (327) are calculated separately.
Würges Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Würges Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Würges has its highest incidence in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms: Wurges. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Würges? popularity and diffusion
The surname Würges is the 937,786th most common last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Würges live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 270 people, or 1 in 298,168. In Germany Würges is mostly found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 38 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 27 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent reside. Beside Germany it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 3 percent reside and Ireland, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wurges | 94 | 327 | / |
| Würge | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wirges | 83 | 1,605 | / |
| Würger | 83 | 632 | / |
| Worges | 83 | 64 | / |
| Würzge | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wuerges | 77 | 212 | / |
| Worgess | 77 | 108 | / |
| Wierges | 77 | 28 | / |
| Worghes | 77 | 12 | / |
| Wurgess | 77 | 5 | / |
| Wurgues | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wirgges | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bürge | 73 | 1,609 | / |
| Wires | 73 | 68 | / |
| Wurge | 73 | 3 | / |
| Wirge | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wures | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wuergges | 71 | 1 | / |
| Burges | 67 | 2,284 | / |
| Würzer | 67 | 374 | / |
| Virges | 67 | 256 | / |
| Bürgés | 67 | 67 | / |
| Bürgis | 67 | 40 | / |
| Wieres | 67 | 33 | / |
| Bürjes | 67 | 25 | / |
| Vurges | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wirgis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiresh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wirgge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wirres | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wirrge | 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 Würges
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