Koestler Surname

407,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 859 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Qatar

Koestler Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Koestler Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6611:548,34945,358
Germany691:1,166,74676,492
France311:2,142,668174,004
Argentina221:1,942,88297,983
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Austria111:774,13064,097
Israel91:950,84857,975
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
England21:27,859,030389,889
China21:683,660,78330,601
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Koestler Last Name Facts

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

The surname Koestler is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Koestler? popularity and diffusion

It is the 407,382nd most prevalent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 8,483,755 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Koestler reside; 74 percent reside in North America and 74 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 661 people, or 1 in 548,349. In The United States Koestler is most common in: New York, where 13 percent live, Minnesota, where 13 percent live and Mississippi, where 12 percent live. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 8 percent live and France, where 4 percent live.

Koestler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Koestler has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Koestler last name rose 4,721 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Koestler Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Koestler surname are 12.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.78% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Koestler earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 16.88% more than the national average, earning $50,433 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.46% less than the national average, earning $45,977 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 Koestler
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