Zurfluh

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Schweizer Wohnstättename zu der Fluh/Fels; Präposition zu + Artikel

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈzɝfɫu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Zurfluh is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 768K(measured from records)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 6.4K
  • LILiechtenstein≈1 in 16K

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.

Switzerland (measured from records)

1,304 people, 2024

Sources
122 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 6.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Zurflüh in LI Liechtenstein.

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)

recorded in German

Schweizer Wohnstättename zu der Fluh/Fels; Präposition zu + Artikel. Bearer count: 778.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zurfluh 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.

Where Zurfluh is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CH Switzerland#5931,3041 in 6.4K1.3KZurfluh54
TH Thailand—≈470 est.≈1 in 146K—Zurfluh1
US United States—4331 in 768K433Zurfluh122
FR France—≈99 est.≈1 in 685K11Zurfluh82
CA Canada—≈66 est.≈1 in 570K—Zurfluh38
TN Tunisia—≈53 est.≈1 in 221K—Zurfluh1
LB Lebanon—≈14 est.≈1 in 405K—Zurfluh1
LI Liechtenstein#254≈2 est.≈1 in 16K—Zurflüh2

1,304 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. 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); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Zurfluh is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Switzerland, Brazil, Canada

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Zurflüh

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Zurflüh

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland

    Also written Zurflüh

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000August Zurfluh, b. 1870Theodor Zurfluh, b. 1894Eliane Zurfluh-Tenroc, b. 1900Fritz Zurflüh, b. 1910Albert Zurfluh, b. 1915Jean Zurfluh, b. 1927Hans Zurfluh, b. 1927Werner Zurfluh, b. 1945Kurt Zurfluh, b. 1949Anselm Zurfluh, b. 1953

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)

FormalDear Zurfluh,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Zurfluh
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20241.3K#835
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010433#48,717
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000380#51,458
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020363#60,024
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197119—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198118—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195117—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)190114—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196113—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194113—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199111—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192111—

Reference works 2

  • 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

How do you pronounce Zurfluh?
A machine transcription gives /ˈzɝfɫu/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Zurfluh mean?
Recorded meaning: Schweizer Wohnstättename zu der Fluh/Fels; Präposition zu + Artikel.
In which country does Zurfluh have the most bearers?
In Switzerland, the national register counted about 1.3 thousand people named Zurfluh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zurfluh.
Where is Zurfluh most common?
Zurfluh is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 6.4 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Zurfluh?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 1,304 people named Zurfluh in 2024, about 1 in 6.4 thousand residents.
How common is Zurfluh compared with other names?
In Switzerland, Zurfluh is the 593rd 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, “Zurfluh” — the 593rd most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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