Würzbach Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Würzbach Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Würzbach Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany501:1,610,10995,088
Chile11:17,616,47493,597

The alternate forms: Wurzbach (501) are calculated separately.

Würzbach Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Würzbach Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Würzbach is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Wurzbach. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Würzbach? popularity and diffusion

The surname Würzbach is the 2,718,172nd most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name Würzbach is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Würzbach live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Würzbach is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 1,610,109. In Germany Würzbach is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 30 percent reside, Schleswig-Holstein, where 20 percent reside and Bavaria, where 16 percent reside. Outside of Germany this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Chile, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wurzbach96501/
Würtzbach942/
Würbach9336/
Wirzbach8831/
Wierzbach8231/
Wuerzbach823/
Wurtzbach823/
Wurzbache821/
Wirbach802/
Wurbach802/
Wirrbach7515/
Wierbach755/
Wirzba71115/
Wurzba714/
Vierbach6324/
Vierbauch59103/
Viersbach5931/
Wursba5710/
Burschbach560/
Vierzba53155/
Wirshba5333/
Wiersba5326/

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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 Würzbach
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