Koester Surname
Approximately 13,920 people bear this surname
Koester Surname Definition:
(German) One who was an underofficer of a church and had charge of the sacristy and its contents; one who came from Koesten, in Germany.
Koester Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10,321 | 1:35,119 | 4,385 |
| Germany | 1,781 | 1:45,202 | 5,933 |
| South Africa | 662 | 1:81,839 | 10,097 |
| Brazil | 476 | 1:449,736 | 17,043 |
| Canada | 351 | 1:104,973 | 11,323 |
| France | 59 | 1:1,125,809 | 120,603 |
| England | 47 | 1:1,185,491 | 55,443 |
| Denmark | 42 | 1:134,398 | 12,049 |
| Thailand | 21 | 1:3,363,731 | 310,277 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 824 | 1:60,945 | 6,695 |
Koester (36) may also be a first name.
Koester Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who was an underofficer of a church and had charge of the sacristy and its contents; one who came from Koesten, in Germany.
Koester Demographics
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Koester Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koester Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koester (Georgian: კოესტერ) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koester? popularity and diffusion
It is the 37,825th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 523,531 people. Koester occurs mostly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Koester live; 70 percent live in North America and 70 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,717,090th most common first name world-wide It is held by 36 people.
It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 10,321 people, or 1 in 35,119. In The United States it is primarily found in: Illinois, where 15 percent live, Missouri, where 9 percent live and Ohio, where 6 percent live. Beside The United States Koester is found in 54 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 13 percent live and South Africa, where 5 percent live.
Koester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Koester has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,253 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 470 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Koester Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Koester surname are 13.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.85% being registered with the political party.
The amount Koester earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 13.62% less than the national average, earning 298,948 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 43.29% less than the national average, earning R 134,772 per year; in United States they earn 8.18% more than the national average, earning $46,679 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.54% less than the national average, earning $49,416 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koester Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koester in the Georgian language | ||
| კოესტერ | koester | - |
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