Cöster Surname

722,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden

Cöster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cöster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2711:297,06830,611
Sweden1291:76,3315,713
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Coster (9,048) are calculated separately.

Cöster Last Name Facts

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

Cöster is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Coster. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cöster? popularity and diffusion

Cöster is the 722,496th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. Cöster is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Cöster live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 271 people, or 1 in 297,068. In Germany it is most numerous in: Hesse, where 49 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 14 percent reside. Not including Germany this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 32 percent reside and Chile, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coster949,048/
Köster8332,664/
Caster835,844/
Jöster83150/
Söster831/
Coester77694/
Castier77400/
Casteur77379/
Costier77190/
Costeur77182/
Cosster776/
Casther772/
Cahster771/
Castter771/
Costher771/
Casster771/
Kösster771/
Caester771/
Castear770/
Coste7329,545/
Caste731,037/
Köste732/
Cöstä731/
Coestier7146/
Casstier710/
Costea6735,271/
Koster6734,828/
Kester6713,006/
Kaster674,328/
Sester672,182/
Soster672,055/
Costey67226/
Costei67201/
Costie67167/
Zester67146/
Saster6778/
Castey6768/
Castie6763/
Casteu6761/
Zaster6741/
Costte6730/
Käster6727/
Kõster6723/
Castee6712/
Zoster6710/
Castea675/
Caeste675/
Costee673/
Tschester672/
Casthe671/
Sezter671/
Costeu671/
Köşter671/
Costhe671/
Castte670/
Cozter670/
Costir670/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cöster
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