Wurtz surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Wurtz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,357 people carried this name — #13,029 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 125,000 people counted. That is down 6% from 2,504 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,431 people named Wurtz.

17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 53 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 17
Bas-Rhin 640
Moselle 231
Haut-Rhin 199
Paris 59
Meurthe-et-Moselle 43
Aube 24
Territoire de Belfort 20
Meuse 16

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 40 people named Wurtz 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 La Pampa.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

La Pampa 18
Entre Ríos 12
Buenos Aires Province 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

49 people named Wurtz is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 49

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).

In print

Wurtz in American newspapers,
1865–1930.

Newspaper page from The White Mountain Echo And Tourist's Register carrying the name Wurtz
The White Mountain Echo And Tourist's Register 1908-09-12
Newspaper page from Der Lecha Caunty Patriot carrying the name Wurtz
Der Lecha Caunty Patriot 1865-09-05
Newspaper page from White Bluffs Spokesman carrying the name Wurtz
White Bluffs Spokesman 1930-07-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,782 pages in all carry the name.

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