Gürster Surname
Approximately 957 people bear this surname
Gürster Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 944 | 1:85,281 | 10,775 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
The alternate forms: Gurster (8) are calculated separately.
Gürster Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gürster Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gürster occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Gurster. For other potential spellings of Gürster click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gürster? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gürster is the 374,335th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 7,614,991 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gürster live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 944 people, or 1 in 85,281. In Germany Gürster is most numerous in: Bavaria, where 91 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 3 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 2 percent live. Excluding Germany it occurs in one country. It is also found in Switzerland, where 1 percent live.
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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 Gürster
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