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
Average Koester Salary in
United States
$46,679 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Koester Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koester Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koester (Georgian: კოესტერ) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Koester? popularity and diffusion
The surname Koester is the 37,825th most widespread family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 523,531 people. The last name Koester occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Koester are found; 70 percent are found in North America and 70 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Koester is also the 1,717,090th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 36 people.
The surname Koester is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 10,321 people, or 1 in 35,119. In The United States Koester is most frequent in: Illinois, where 15 percent reside, Missouri, where 9 percent reside and Ohio, where 6 percent reside. Besides The United States it occurs in 54 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 13 percent reside and South Africa, where 5 percent reside.
Koester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Koester has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Koester last name rose 1,253 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 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% registered with the 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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