Hoerstel Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Belgium

Hoerstel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hoerstel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Hoerstel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hoerstel is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Hoerstel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hoerstel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hoerstel is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Hoerstel is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Hoerstel are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Hoerstel is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 20,126,365. In Germany Hoerstel is mostly found in: Berlin, where 25 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 25 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Belgium, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Herstel93112/
Horstel931/
Herstell88114/
Huerstel8865/
Hoerztel880/
Herschtel829/
Huerstell821/
Hurstel80873/
Hörstel80106/
Harstel8043/
Herstøl8011/
Hürstel804/
Herztel803/
Hurstell7553/
Harstell752/
Herstill751/
Gurstel6713/
Arstell672/
Erstill670/
Gurstell635/
Arstyl571/
Örstål571/
Arstill5334/
Aarstøl534/

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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 Hoerstel
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