Hestner Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Hestner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 102 | 1:96,537 | 7,015 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Hestner Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hestner Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hestner has its highest incidence in Sweden. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hestner? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,497,948th most common last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Hestner live; 73 percent live in Northern Europe and 73 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name Hestner is most widespread in Sweden, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 96,537. In Sweden it is most prevalent in: Jämtland County, where 39 percent are found, Jönköping County, where 15 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Sweden this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 15 percent are found and Austria, where 7 percent are found.
Hestner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Hestner has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Hestner surname fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Hestner
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