Würsten Surname
Approximately 434 people bear this surname
Würsten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 433 | 1:18,967 | 3,087 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Wursten (661) are calculated separately.
Würsten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Würsten Come From? nationality or country of origin
Würsten is borne by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Wursten. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Würsten? popularity and diffusion
The surname Würsten is the 684,148th most common family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 16,791,580 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Würsten reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 78 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most numerous in Switzerland, where it is carried by 433 people, or 1 in 18,967. In Switzerland Würsten is primarily found in: Canton of Bern, where 36 percent reside, Canton of Vaud, where 18 percent reside and Canton of Aargau, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Switzerland Würsten exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wursten | 95 | 661 | / |
| Bürsten | 86 | 7 | / |
| Wirsten | 86 | 6 | / |
| Worsten | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wurstten | 80 | 38 | / |
| Wuersten | 80 | 29 | / |
| Wursteng | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wurstend | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bursten | 71 | 120 | / |
| Vorsten | 71 | 27 | / |
| Burshten | 67 | 21 | / |
| Bursteen | 67 | 16 | / |
| Vuursteen | 63 | 72 | / |
| Burstyn | 57 | 533 | / |
| Burstin | 57 | 424 | / |
| Burshtyn | 53 | 820 | / |
| Burshtin | 53 | 21 | / |
| Bursztin | 53 | 11 | / |
| Bourstin | 53 | 10 | / |
| Bourstyn | 53 | 1 | / |
| Bursztnn | 53 | 1 | / |
| Bursdtyn | 53 | 1 | / |
| Burschtin | 50 | 20 | / |
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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 Würsten
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