Dürst
surname · Latin script
Dürst is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: German surname, from Durst (“dryness, thirst”).
- DEGermany≈1 in 32K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 55K
- CHSwitzerland1 in 9K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 347 (measured from records)
- 1 in 9.0K (inferred from the name graph)
5,995 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Durst in US United States, DE Germany, CH Switzerland and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
German surname, from Durst (“dryness, thirst”).
Sources 1
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dürst counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 5,995 | 1 in 55K | 6K | Durst | 347 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | Durst | 107 |
| CH Switzerland | #780 | 934 | 1 in 9K | 934 | Durst | 28 |
| KP North Korea | — | ≈760 est. | ≈1 in 34K | — | Durst | 2 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈690 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Durst | 21 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 35K | — | Durst | 2 |
5,995 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Niklaus Dürstb. 1797CH(1797-1874)
- Melchior Dürstb. 1886CHSwiss teacher, director and playwright
- Hans Jenny-Dürstb. 1886CHstructural engineer
- Hans Dürstb. 1921CHSwiss ice hockey player (1921-2001)
- Arthur Dürstb. 1926CHSwiss historian of cartography and historian (1926-2000)
- Walter Dürstb. 1927CHSwiss ice hockey player (1927-2016)
- Walter Dürstb. 1950CHSwiss ice hockey player (born 1950)
- Thomas Dürstb. 1967DEGerman bicycle racer
- Jenny Dürstb. 1999CHSwiss tennis player
- Martin DürstJPinternationalization expert
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 4 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 934 | #1,274 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Dürst mean, and where does it come from?
- German surname, from Durst (“dryness, thirst”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Dürst have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 6.0 thousand people named Dürst, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled durst.
- Where is Dürst most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Dürst is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 9.0 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Dürst?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,995 people named Dürst in 2010, about 1 in 55 thousand residents.
- How common is Dürst compared with other names?
- In Switzerland, Dürst is the 780th most common surname of 127,759 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dürst” — the 780th most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.