Wurz
surname · Latin script
Meaning: root
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈwɝz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Wurz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 58K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 454K
- ATAustria≈1 in 27K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Wurz itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 152 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 27K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,400 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Austria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Würz in DE Germany and Wuerz in AO Angola.
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)
root
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wurz 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.
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. 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Wurz is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In goh, herb, root, spice
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Erwin Wurzb. 1874DEGerman art historian (1874–19…)
- Camill Wurzb. 1905DEGerman politician and lawyer (1905–1986)
- Franz Wurzb. 1946ATAustrian racing driver
- Peter Wurzb. 1967ATAustrian association football player
- Alexander Wurzb. 1974ATAustrian racing driver
- Alexander Wurzb. 1985DEGerman conductor
- René Wurzb. 1997Austrian online streamer
- Charlie Wurzb. 2005ATAustrian racing driver (born 2005)
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 733 | #31,554 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 715 | #34,185 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 672 | #32,302 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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 Wurz mean, and where does it come from?
- root Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Wurz?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈwɝz/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Wurz have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named Wurz in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled würz.
- How common is the name Wurz?
- In the United States, the national register counted 733 people named Wurz in 2010, about 1 in 454 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Wurz?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wurzThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Wurz”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.