Würsten Surname

684,148th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 434 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Würsten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Würsten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland4331:18,9673,087
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

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 occurs more in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Wursten. Click here to see other potential spellings of Würsten.

How Common Is The Last Name Würsten? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 684,148th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 16,791,580 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Würsten are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 78 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Würsten is most frequently used in Switzerland, where it is borne by 433 people, or 1 in 18,967. In Switzerland it is mostly found in: Canton of Bern, where 36 percent are found, Canton of Vaud, where 18 percent are found and Canton of Aargau, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Switzerland this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wursten95661/
Bürsten867/
Wirsten866/
Worsten860/
Wurstten8038/
Wuersten8029/
Wursteng800/
Wurstend800/
Bursten71120/
Vorsten7127/
Burshten6721/
Bursteen6716/
Vuursteen6372/
Burstyn57533/
Burstin57424/
Burshtyn53820/
Burshtin5321/
Bursztin5311/
Bourstin5310/
Bourstyn531/
Bursztnn531/
Bursdtyn531/
Burschtin5020/

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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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