Insted Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Panama

Insted Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Insted Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Insted Last Name Facts

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

The surname Insted occurs most in Malaysia. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Insted? popularity and diffusion

Insted is the 8,968,613th most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Insted occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Insted reside; 50 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 50 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The last name is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia Insted is most frequent in: Kuala Lumpur, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Malaysia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Panama, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 25 percent reside.

Insted Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Insted has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Insted
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