Ihorst Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Ihorst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ihorst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany651:1,238,54679,660
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Ihorst Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ihorst occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ihorst? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,273,756th most widely held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Ihorst reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Ihorst is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 1,238,546. In Germany Ihorst is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 71 percent reside, Hamburg, where 17 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Germany this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Israel, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eihhorst8624/
Hjorst832/
Heorst830/
Ehorst830/
Iors802/
Iorse73259/
Giors7380/
Iorss7368/
Iorsh7333/
Jorst739/
Yorst732/
Eihharst714/
Hoyhurst710/
Iorshe674,215/
Hearst671,927/
Joorst67291/
Iorsch6718/
Gehors6714/
Yourst6714/
Hjorsø671/
Hyurst671/
Jorstd671/
Heorse670/
Ehurst670/
Jorste670/
Hiarst670/

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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 Ihorst
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