Hörster Surname
Approximately 1,407 people bear this surname
Hörster Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,397 | 1:57,627 | 7,455 |
| Austria | 6 | 1:1,419,239 | 86,529 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
The alternate forms: Horster (807) are calculated separately.
Hörster Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hörster Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hörster is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Horster. Click here for other potential spellings of Hörster.
How Common Is The Last Name Hörster? popularity and diffusion
It is the 275,753rd most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 5,179,492 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Hörster are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 1,397 people, or 1 in 57,627. In Germany Hörster is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 63 percent are found, Brandenburg, where 11 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 7 percent are found. Not including Germany Hörster occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 0 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Hörster
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