The Wirth surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,907 people carried this name — #3,592 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 29,800 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (9,911).
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,911 people named Wirth live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 854 people named Wirth.
53 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 49 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 462 people named Wirth live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
171 people named Wirth have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 238 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
112 people named Wirth are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Wirth in American newspapers,
1887–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 123,853 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wirth,
with a public archive behind them.
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Georg Wirth 1470–1524 · physician -
Johann Georg August Wirth 1798–1848 · writer -
Philipp Wirth 1808–1878 · painter -
Max Wirth 1822–1900 · writer -
James Wirth 1830–1871 · founder of Catholic religious community
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 145 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wirth.
- Winterberger 139 · U.S. census
- Winterhalter 775 · U.S. census
- Winterstein 588 · U.S. census
- Wintz 739 · U.S. census
- Wion 564 · U.S. census
- Wipf 1,950 · U.S. census
- Wirtz 4,166 · U.S. census
- Wisler 1,058 · U.S. census
- Wisniewska 102 · U.S. census
- Wisniewski 12,675 · U.S. census
- Wiss 597 · U.S. census
- Wissen 110 · U.S. census
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