Hengster Surname

785,023rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 360 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Hengster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hengster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1851:435,16539,058
Austria1531:55,6568,727
Serbia111:649,54122,440
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Hengster Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hengster has its highest incidence in Germany. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hengster? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 785,023rd most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 20,243,183 people. The last name Hengster is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Hengster reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 185 people, or 1 in 435,165. In Germany it is primarily found in: Bavaria, where 34 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 25 percent reside and Hesse, where 24 percent reside. Besides Germany it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 43 percent reside and Serbia, where 3 percent reside.

Hengster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hengster has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hengster surname fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hengszter948/
Hengsther945/
Hengstier943/
Hengstter940/
Engster931,028/
Hengste9313/
Engstter881/
Encgster880/
Hangster880/
Engste860/
Angster80348/
Ingster80147/
Engsted80133/
Hengsta801/
Ongster801/
Engstee801/
Engstedt75231/
Engstead753/
Hinkster750/
Inkster672,442/
Ingstedt6318/
Inksteer631/
Ingstead630/
Jingstedt595/
Inkste571/
Anxter570/
Ingstit531/
Inkstey530/

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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 Hengster
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