Horsting Surname

542,091st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 592 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Horsting Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Horsting Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3011:56,1049,628
United States1961:1,849,280120,610
Australia291:930,88655,860
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
Belgium161:718,54060,840
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
England21:27,859,030389,889
France11:66,422,722504,397
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Hörsting (317) are calculated separately.

Horsting Last Name Facts

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

The surname Horsting is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Hörsting. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Horsting? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 542,091st most widely held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 12,310,044 people. Horsting is predominantly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Horsting reside; 55 percent reside in Western Europe and 55 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Horsting is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 301 people, or 1 in 56,104. In The Netherlands Horsting is most common in: Gelderland, where 36 percent live, North Holland, where 15 percent live and Utrecht, where 15 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands Horsting exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.

Horsting Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Horsting has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Horsting surname grew 2,800 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Horsting Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Horsting last name are 40.07% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 86.84% being registered with the party.

The amount Horsting earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 15.89% more than the national average, earning $50,004 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.32% less than the national average, earning $41,080 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hörsting96317/
Hoersting94100/
Horstings941/
Horstin9317/
Orsting930/
Horstink88712/
Hursting8815/
Harsting883/
Hersting880/
Orstin861/
Heersting822/
Harstings821/
Haersting820/
Horsten801,834/
Harstin8022/
Ersting802/
Horstyn801/
Gorstina755/
Horsztyn751/
Hoursten750/
Garsting750/
Horstend750/
Orsten71229/
Arstin716/
Garstin67287/
Harsten6772/
Orsteen6734/
Gorsten6716/
Orrsten6714/
Orssten6710/
Jorsten672/
Horstenová672/
Arstien671/
Orshten671/
Arstina671/
Oursten670/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Horsting
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis