Egter Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Suriname

Egter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands781:216,50229,188
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Egter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Egter has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Egter click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Egter? popularity and diffusion

Egter is the 1,918,812th most widespread last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. Egter is primarily found in Europe, where 86 percent of Egter live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 216,502. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Holland, where 37 percent are found, South Holland, where 18 percent are found and Gelderland, where 14 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Suriname, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hegter9146/
Eigter911/
Gegter911/
Jegter911/
Egte895/
Agter80105/
Ekter8021/
Ecter8014/
Egtie804/
Egtes801/
Hekter73155/
Hecter7357/
Jecter7313/
Ektear735/
Ekteir734/
Ekhter733/
Hagter733/
Ecther732/
Heegte732/
Oekter731/
Ekther731/
Eskter731/
Akgter731/
Heugte731/
Eckter730/
Egtest730/
Yecter730/
Gecter730/
Ektert730/
Gekhter6724/
Egti6724/
Ekte6711/
Ekhtear678/
Heckter676/
Ektheer674/
Igte673/
Hecther672/
Egta672/
Egtj671/
Eiscter671/
Heiqter671/
Jeegthe671/
Ekhteir671/
Ecctger670/
Hectert670/
Hectter670/
Ecctter670/

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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 Egter
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