Kuenster Surname

1,092,155th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 225 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Kuenster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kuenster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2151:1,685,856112,021
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:2,008,747100,426

Kuenster Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kuenster is found most frequently in The United States. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kuenster? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kuenster is the 1,092,155th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Kuenster live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Kuenster is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 215 people, or 1 in 1,685,856. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 24 percent are found, Wisconsin, where 13 percent are found and California, where 13 percent are found. Excluding The United States Kuenster occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 3 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Kuenster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kuenster has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kuenster surname increased 860 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kuenster Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kuenster last name are 28.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75.36% being registered with the political party.

Kuenster earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.91% more than the national average, earning $51,738 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kuenstier942/
Kenster939/
Guenster8846/
Keunster880/
Koenster880/
Knster862/
Queenster821/
Kuinstter820/
Künster80559/
Kinster8043/
Knøster809/
Kenzter801/
Kinstier751/
Kinsteer751/
Quinster750/
Kinstter750/
Censtir670/
Kinštetr635/
Kynštetr633/
Kinzther631/

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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
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  • 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 Kuenster
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