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
Hörsten is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Horsten. For other potential spellings of Hörsten click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hörsten? popularity and diffusion
Hörsten is the 2,746,821st most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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 last name Hörsten is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 1,642,969. In Germany it is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 98 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 2 percent live. Barring Germany it exists in one country. It also occurs 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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