Hörst Surname
Approximately 620 people bear this surname
Hörst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 610 | 1:131,976 | 16,079 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Horst (32,312) are calculated separately.
Hörst (15) may also be a first name.
Hörst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hörst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hörst has its highest incidence in Germany. It can occur as: Horst. For other potential spellings of Hörst click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hörst? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 523,789th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 11,754,106 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Hörst reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 15 people.
Hörst is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 610 people, or 1 in 131,976. In Germany Hörst is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 63 percent live, Bavaria, where 27 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 4 percent live. Aside from Germany it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 1 percent live and The Netherlands, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horst | 93 | 32,312 | / |
| Hörste | 91 | 1 | / |
| Herst | 80 | 794 | / |
| Harst | 80 | 667 | / |
| Ehrst | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ohrst | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hörstová | 77 | 8 | / |
| Horsth | 73 | 436 | / |
| Hoerst | 73 | 299 | / |
| Herrst | 73 | 103 | / |
| Horstt | 73 | 51 | / |
| Haarst | 73 | 21 | / |
| Horszt | 73 | 12 | / |
| Haerst | 73 | 12 | / |
| Hersht | 73 | 10 | / |
| Harsht | 73 | 5 | / |
| Heurst | 73 | 3 | / |
| Harsst | 73 | 2 | / |
| Horsst | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hersst | 73 | 1 | / |
| Horrst | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hersth | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hohrst | 73 | 0 | / |
| Harrst | 73 | 0 | / |
| Harsth | 73 | 0 | / |
| Arst | 67 | 402 | / |
| Erst | 67 | 142 | / |
| Horscht | 67 | 118 | / |
| Orst | 67 | 22 | / |
| Herscht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Herstdt | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Hörst
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