Hershtein Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Hershtein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hershtein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine871:523,24959,336
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Hershtein Last Name Facts

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

Hershtein occurs more in Ukraine more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hershtein? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,871,545th most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname Hershtein occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Hershtein are found; 89 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 89 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Ukraine, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 523,249. In Ukraine it is primarily concentrated in: Kiev, where 39 percent reside, Odessa Oblast, where 13 percent reside and Mykolaiv Oblast, where 10 percent reside. Beside Ukraine this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 9 percent reside and Israel, where 2 percent reside.

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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 Hershtein
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