# Wurm (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wurm/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,729 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,586 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 178,569 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.3% (1,752 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wurm in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wurm in Austria and Australia.

## People named Wurm

- Erwin Wurm, Austrian artist (born 1954)
- Stephen Wurm, Australian linguist (1922–2001)
- Wenzel von Wurm, Austro-Hungarian general
- Harald Wurm, Austrian cross-country skier

## Similar surnames

Worm, Warren, Wren, Wrenn, Warne, Wareham, Wrona, Warn.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.