Alster Surname
Approximately 634 people bear this surname
Alster Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 359 | 1:1,009,635 | 74,488 |
| Germany | 59 | 1:1,364,499 | 85,126 |
| Israel | 48 | 1:178,284 | 17,874 |
| Russia | 32 | 1:4,503,846 | 209,401 |
| Poland | 25 | 1:1,520,350 | 87,293 |
| Denmark | 20 | 1:282,236 | 21,168 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 39 | 1:1,287,659 | 71,386 |
Alster (70) may also be a first name.
Alster Demographics
Alster Political Affiliation
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Alster Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alster Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alster (Russian: Альстер) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alster? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 514,664th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 11,494,552 people. The surname Alster occurs mostly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Alster live; 47 percent live in North America and 47 percent live in Anglo-North America. Alster is also the 1,162,016th most frequent first name on earth, held by 70 people.
The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 359 people, or 1 in 1,009,635. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 25 percent live, New Jersey, where 14 percent live and Arizona, where 8 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 9 percent live and Israel, where 8 percent live.
Alster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Alster has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 921 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 633 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Alster Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Alster last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.14% being registered with the party.
Alster earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 18.05% more than the national average, earning $50,939 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alster Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alster in the Russian language | ||
| Альстер | alster | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Alster
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