Kusters Surname
Approximately 5,230 people bear this surname
Kusters Surname User-submission:
Originating from the Latin word, custos, are the Dutch word, koster, and the German word, küster. The meaning of these words in Dutch and German is the same, which would translate to 'sacristan' in English. Many families bearing this name have had a forebear that would have been a sacristan in the Catholic Church.
Read More About This SurnameKusters Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 4,078 | 1:4,141 | 399 |
| Belgium | 565 | 1:20,348 | 3,149 |
| United States | 194 | 1:1,868,345 | 121,641 |
| Australia | 95 | 1:284,165 | 25,304 |
| Canada | 76 | 1:484,810 | 41,569 |
| Brazil | 61 | 1:3,509,415 | 98,831 |
| Germany | 28 | 1:2,875,195 | 137,699 |
| Thailand | 26 | 1:2,716,859 | 279,944 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
The alternate forms: Küsters (3,908) are calculated separately.
Kusters Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Originating from the Latin word, custos, are the Dutch word, koster, and the German word, küster. The meaning of these words in Dutch and German is the same, which would translate to 'sacristan' in English. Many families bearing this name have had a forebear that would have been a sacristan in the Catholic Church.
The last name pops up a lot in the former dukedom of Brabant (encompassing most of Belgium and the south of the Netherlands) and the former dukedom of Jülich, which was the dukedom bordering Brabant to the east, covering a large part of land between Cologne and Liège.
The surname is not especially common, but is not rare either, especially in the regions mentioned before. The name is not listed as 'noble' or 'patrician' in The Netherlands.
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Average Kusters Salary in
United States
$51,615 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kusters Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kusters Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kusters is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Küsters. Click here for further potential spellings of Kusters.
How Common Is The Last Name Kusters? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kusters is the 91,518th most common surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,393,412 people. The last name Kusters is primarily found in Europe, where 90 percent of Kusters live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 4,078 people, or 1 in 4,141. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Limburg, where 33 percent live, North Brabant, where 29 percent live and Gelderland, where 14 percent live. Other than The Netherlands it occurs in 33 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Kusters Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kusters are 33.62% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 80.39% registered with the political party.
The amount Kusters earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 154.98% more than the national average, earning R 605,940 per year; in United States they earn 19.62% more than the national average, earning $51,615 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.71% more than the national average, earning $58,480 CAD per year.
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