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 surname Hestner is found in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hestner? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hestner is the 1,497,948th most frequent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. The last name Hestner occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Hestner live; 73 percent live in Northern Europe and 73 percent live in Scandinavia.
The surname is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is carried by 102 people, or 1 in 96,537. In Sweden Hestner is most numerous in: Jämtland County, where 39 percent are found, Jönköping County, where 15 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Sweden Hestner occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 15 percent are found and Austria, where 7 percent are found.
Hestner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Hestner has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 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
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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 Hestner
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