Hurwitz is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hurwitz
No. of characters: 7
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Hurwitz

How popular is Hurwitz?

Hurwitz is common in South Africa.

Hurwitz is ranked 56715 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Hurwitzies plummeted by 2.524078 per cent to 2935 since 2000 and slipped by 962 spots and ranked at 10851. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.75 96.58
Hispanic or Latino 1.67 0.93
Others 1.53 1.2
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.23 0.83
Black 0.65 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.17 0
Hurwitz is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Israel is ahead in terms of density. Around 8220 people have been found who wears Hurwitz as their family name. Hurwitz is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
541,660 Russia8
40,256 Mexico2
50,640 Switzerland2
174,544 Czech Republic1
169,904 Brazil1
277,603 France1
15,162 Costa Rica1
172,258 Germany1
17,236 Ghana1
18,969 Wales1
2,613 The Bahamas1
36,678 Singapore1
38,841 Scotland1
118,015 Netherlands1
20,172 Hungary1
40,340 Malaysia1
29,046 Japan1
153,416 Italy1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,233 Denmark25
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
57,588 Argentina75
Countries with hundreds of Hurwitz:
1,599 Israel707
22,078 England231
15,602 Australia171
22,054 Canada160
Countries with thousands of Hurwitz:
8,187 United States4,578
2,880 South Africa2,246
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Hurwitz Namesakes

  • Adolf Hurwitz, Mathematician
  • Anya Hurwitz, Tom Hurwitz's daughter
  • Gregg Hurwitz, Author
  • Mitchell Hurwitz, Television writer
  • Robert Hurwitz, Record Producer
  • Bernice Hurwitz, Shelley Stevens' mother
  • Henry Hurwitz, Jr., Physicist
  • David Hurwitz, Physician
  • Johanna Hurwitz, Author
  • Emanuel Hurwitz, Musical Artist

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