Fæste Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Fæste Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fæste Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway531:97,02413,264
Denmark141:403,19427,097
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

The alternate forms: Fste (4) are calculated separately.

Fæste Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fæste is found most in Norway. It may appear in the variant forms: Fste. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fæste? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,312,869th most numerous surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Fæste live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most commonly used in Norway, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 97,024. In Norway it is mostly found in: Eastern Norway, where 94 percent are found and Northern Norway, where 6 percent are found. Not including Norway this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 21 percent are found and Ireland, where 1 percent are found.

Fæste Last Name Statistics demography

Fæste earn significantly more than the average income. In Norway they earn 30.37% more than the national average, earning 451,182 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fste964/
Fæster91214/
Føste8012/
Fæstø808/
Fster802/
Fst75288/
Pfster735/
Fsthee731/
Bste6711/
Fstp673/
Feheste672/
Fsst672/
Fsdt672/
Fsjt671/
Fstd671/
Fstt671/
Fstz671/
Fhst671/
Wste671/
Wfst671/
Fsta671/
Fsth671/
Vste671/

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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 Fæste
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