Buchstab Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Buchstab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 96 | 1:838,599 | 60,830 |
| Israel | 40 | 1:213,941 | 20,390 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Buchstab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buchstab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buchstab occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Buchstab? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,504,764th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 52,428,388 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Buchstab reside; 71 percent reside in Western Europe and 70 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Buchstab is most common in Germany, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 838,599. In Germany Buchstab is primarily found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 79 percent are found, Bavaria, where 7 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 29 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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
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