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 appear as a variant: Wurms. Click here to see other possible spellings of Würms.
How Common Is The Last Name Würms? popularity and diffusion
Würms is the 1,931,261st most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Würms live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most widespread in Switzerland, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 101,394. In Switzerland Würms is primarily concentrated 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. Other than Switzerland this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common 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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