Josten Surname
Approximately 4,839 people bear this surname
Josten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3,279 | 1:24,552 | 3,260 |
| United States | 918 | 1:394,835 | 34,638 |
| Netherlands | 185 | 1:91,282 | 15,011 |
| Belgium | 134 | 1:85,796 | 13,407 |
| Norway | 104 | 1:49,445 | 7,092 |
| Switzerland | 58 | 1:141,602 | 13,683 |
| Brazil | 44 | 1:4,865,326 | 126,089 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 88 | 1:570,667 | 38,849 |
Josten (317) may also be a first name.
Josten Demographics
Average Josten Salary in
United States
$50,051 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Josten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Josten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Josten is most common in Germany. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Josten? popularity and diffusion
The last name Josten is the 98,019th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,506,002 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Josten live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 73 percent live in Germanic Europe. Josten is also the 493,198th most frequently used forename internationally, held by 317 people.
It is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 3,279 people, or 1 in 24,552. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 58 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 17 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 4 percent reside. Other than Germany Josten exists in 30 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 19 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 4 percent reside.
Josten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Josten has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,043 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Josten Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Josten are 33.4% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 80.17% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Josten earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 4.18% less than the national average, earning 331,618 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 48.82% more than the national average, earning R 353,652 per year; in United States they earn 16% more than the national average, earning $50,051 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.07% less than the national average, earning $49,648 CAD per year.
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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 Josten
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