Horstra Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Horstra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Horstra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1131:149,44422,442
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Horstra Last Name Facts

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

The surname Horstra is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Horstra? popularity and diffusion

Horstra is the 1,581,912th most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Horstra live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 113 people, or 1 in 149,444. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Overijssel, where 56 percent reside, Drenthe, where 21 percent reside and North Holland, where 11 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 11 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hoerstra931/
Hoorstra931/
Haarstrad751/
Jorstre710/
Harstrich6330/
Orstreich630/
Ourstreet630/
Haarstrich5973/
Arstrop571/
Arstrot571/
Aurstre571/
Arstree571/

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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 Horstra
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