Zurhorst Surname

1,194,481st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 198 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Zurhorst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zurhorst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1221:659,88151,431
United States511:7,107,038327,397
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
England71:7,959,723202,100
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Zurhorst Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zurhorst is most common in Germany. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zurhorst? popularity and diffusion

The last name Zurhorst is the 1,194,481st most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 74 percent of Zurhorst live; 68 percent live in Western Europe and 68 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 659,881. In Germany Zurhorst is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 50 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 39 percent are found and Berlin, where 8 percent are found. Besides Germany this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 6 percent are found.

Zurhorst Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Zurhorst has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Zurhorst surname increased 392 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 46 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Zurhorst Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Zurhorst are 25.45% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.22% registered to vote for the political party.

Zurhorst earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.69% more than the national average, earning $49,058 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zur Horst944/
Zurhurst880/
Zierhorst826/
Zurhars801/
Serhorst751/
Jurhurst750/
Jurors7111/
Schürhorst671/
Curours670/
Schoerhorst630/

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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 Zurhorst
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