Hörsten Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Hörsten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 49 | 1:1,642,969 | 96,430 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Horsten (1,834) are calculated separately.
Hörsten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hörsten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hörsten is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Horsten. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hörsten? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,746,821st most numerous family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name Hörsten occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Hörsten are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 1,642,969. In Germany it is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 98 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 2 percent live. Outside of Germany this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horsten | 95 | 1,834 | / |
| Örsten | 92 | 5 | / |
| Harsten | 86 | 72 | / |
| Ehrsten | 86 | 20 | / |
| Hersten | 86 | 7 | / |
| Hörsting | 80 | 317 | / |
| Hoersten | 80 | 310 | / |
| Ehrstien | 80 | 14 | / |
| Harstehn | 80 | 4 | / |
| Orsten | 77 | 229 | / |
| Ersten | 77 | 10 | / |
| Arsten | 77 | 0 | / |
| Aarsten | 71 | 45 | / |
| Orsteen | 71 | 34 | / |
| Harstin | 71 | 22 | / |
| Horstin | 71 | 17 | / |
| Orrsten | 71 | 14 | / |
| Ehrstin | 71 | 13 | / |
| Orssten | 71 | 10 | / |
| Arrsten | 71 | 9 | / |
| Ersteen | 71 | 6 | / |
| Herstin | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ehrstén | 71 | 4 | / |
| Arstien | 71 | 1 | / |
| Arstuen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Horstyn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Orshten | 71 | 1 | / |
| Erstien | 71 | 0 | / |
| Järrsten | 67 | 16 | / |
| Cherstin | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hersztyn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Horsztyn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arstin | 62 | 6 | / |
| Erstin | 62 | 1 | / |
| Orstin | 62 | 1 | / |
| Aerstin | 57 | 22 | / |
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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 Hörsten
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