Würms Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Würms Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 81 | 1:101,394 | 10,819 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Wurms (238) are calculated separately.
Würms Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Würms Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Würms is found most in Switzerland. It may also occur in the variant forms: Wurms. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Würms? popularity and diffusion
Würms is the 1,931,261st most frequently held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Würms are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in Switzerland, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 101,394. In Switzerland it is most prevalent in: Canton of Thurgau, where 31 percent are found, Canton of St Gallen, where 16 percent are found and Canton of Zürich, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Switzerland Würms exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 10 percent are found and Argentina, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Würms
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