Heister Surname
Approximately 3,673 people bear this surname
Heister Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,327 | 1:34,596 | 4,569 |
| United States | 1,038 | 1:349,190 | 31,312 |
| Netherlands | 163 | 1:103,602 | 16,760 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Denmark | 15 | 1:376,314 | 25,792 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Slovakia | 10 | 1:533,645 | 60,629 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 1:6,503,242 | 257,739 |
| Hungary | 7 | 1:1,402,325 | 60,133 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 395 | 1:127,136 | 12,256 |
Heister (25) may also be a first name.
Heister Demographics
Average Heister Salary in
United States
$39,868 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Heister Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Heister Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Heister is most common in Germany. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Heister? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 124,163rd most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,984,085 people. The surname Heister occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Heister live; 68 percent live in Western Europe and 68 percent live in Germanic Europe. Heister is also the 2,136,160th most frequent forename at a global level, borne by 25 people.
The surname Heister is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 2,327 people, or 1 in 34,596. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 75 percent are found, Hesse, where 7 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany it is found in 24 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 4 percent are found.
Heister Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Heister has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Heister surname rose 263 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Heister Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Heister last name are 34.58% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 81.35% being registered with the party.
The amount Heister earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.6% less than the national average, earning $39,868 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.23% more than the national average, earning $50,295 CAD per year.
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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 Heister
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