Denster Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Denster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Denster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia121:367,37819,503
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England11:55,718,059489,080
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Denster (36) may also be a first name.

Denster Last Name Facts

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

The last name Denster is found in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Denster? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,427,875th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Denster live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 36 people.

It is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 367,378. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Grand Cape Mount County, where 50 percent reside and Nimba County, where 50 percent reside. Excluding Liberia Denster is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent reside and England, where 5 percent reside.

Denster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Denster has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 56 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deenster930/
Demster86527/
Densted868/
Dienste865/
Dünster862/
Dinster862/
Dynster861/
Dnste831/
Denstedt80339/
Denstead802/
Dennstet800/
Densty771/
Densta770/
Dennstedt75520/
Densteadt7553/
Denstedts751/
Denshtedt751/
Dennsteat750/
Dimster7137/
Dennsteadt7119/
Dynstee711/
Dinstet710/
Denstädt6725/
Duinstee6721/
Denstitt6716/
Dinstett6713/
Dennstädt63106/
Dinsti625/
Demsty621/
Dynsty621/
Demstiz571/
Dimstedt531/

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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 Denster
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