Berster Surname

1,239,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Berster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Berster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1521:529,64144,407
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Berster Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Berster Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Berster (Russian: Берстер) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Berster? popularity and diffusion

The surname Berster is the 1,239,697th most common last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 38,970,834 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Berster live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 152 people, or 1 in 529,641. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent are found, Hesse, where 4 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Germany this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent are found and Poland, where 2 percent are found.

Berster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Berster has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Berster surname expanded 2,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Berster Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Berster are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

Berster earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 102.58% more than the national average, earning $87,411 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Berster Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Berster in the Russian language
Берстерberster-

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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
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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 Berster
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