Esser Surname
Approximately 41,008 people bear this surname
Esser Surname Definition:
(German) One who came from Essen in Germany.
Esser Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 28,567 | 1:2,818 | 286 |
| United States | 5,944 | 1:60,979 | 7,153 |
| Brazil | 2,349 | 1:91,134 | 3,432 |
| Netherlands | 1,552 | 1:10,881 | 1,501 |
| Belgium | 349 | 1:32,942 | 5,355 |
| Venezuela | 295 | 1:102,387 | 3,721 |
| Austria | 274 | 1:31,078 | 5,010 |
| France | 236 | 1:281,452 | 43,215 |
| England | 198 | 1:281,404 | 21,905 |
| Canada | 182 | 1:202,448 | 19,751 |
| Switzerland | 102 | 1:80,519 | 9,217 |
| Australia | 93 | 1:290,276 | 25,669 |
| South Africa | 89 | 1:608,738 | 46,089 |
| Spain | 82 | 1:570,147 | 27,179 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| Russia | 68 | 1:2,119,457 | 129,651 |
| Argentina | 61 | 1:700,712 | 48,077 |
| Suriname | 58 | 1:9,528 | 2,431 |
| Italy | 41 | 1:1,491,627 | 80,856 |
| Sweden | 39 | 1:252,481 | 17,476 |
| Czechia | 36 | 1:295,374 | 37,799 |
| Thailand | 33 | 1:2,140,556 | 247,258 |
| Denmark | 30 | 1:188,157 | 15,676 |
| Poland | 29 | 1:1,310,647 | 81,985 |
| Chile | 28 | 1:629,160 | 15,000 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Luxembourg | 21 | 1:27,645 | 4,917 |
| Aruba | 18 | 1:5,749 | 789 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Paraguay | 8 | 1:904,593 | 9,127 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| British Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:6,319 | 600 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 659 | 1:76,204 | 8,110 |
Esser (189) may also be a first name.
Esser Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who came from Essen in Germany.
Esser Demographics
Esser Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Esser Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Esser Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Esser (Russian: Ессер) occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Esser? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 13,612th most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 177,710 people. Esser occurs mostly in Europe, where 77 percent of Esser live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe. Esser is also the 661,310th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 189 people.
It is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 28,567 people, or 1 in 2,818. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 80 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 4 percent are found and Bavaria, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Germany Esser exists in 73 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent are found and Brazil, where 6 percent are found.
Esser Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Esser has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Esser surname rose 902 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Esser Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Esser last name is chiefly Orthodox (75%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Esser surname are 13.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.81% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Esser earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 17.47% more than the national average, earning 406,526 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 75.71% more than the national average, earning R 417,552 per year; in United States they earn 11.55% more than the national average, earning $48,132 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.05% more than the national average, earning $53,188 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Esser Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Esser in the Russian language | ||
| Ессер | esser | - |
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