Kusters Surname

91,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,230 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

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.

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Kusters Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands4,0781:4,141399
Belgium5651:20,3483,149
United States1941:1,868,345121,641
Australia951:284,16525,304
Canada761:484,81041,569
Brazil611:3,509,41598,831
Germany281:2,875,195137,699
Thailand261:2,716,859279,944
France261:2,554,720189,486
England131:4,286,005132,302
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Austria91:946,15970,786
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
China61:227,886,92811,701
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Curaçao41:39,312638
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

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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Kusters Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kusters occurs most in The Netherlands. It may appear as a variant: Küsters. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kusters? popularity and diffusion

It is the 91,518th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,393,412 people. Kusters is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Kusters live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Kusters is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 4,078 people, or 1 in 4,141. In The Netherlands Kusters is mostly found in: Limburg, where 33 percent live, North Brabant, where 29 percent live and Gelderland, where 14 percent live. Barring The Netherlands this last name exists in 33 countries. It also occurs 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 with the Republican Party than the national average, with 80.39% registered to vote for 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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Küsters953,908/
Keusters93188/
Kuesters93183/
Kuysters93116/
Kuijsters88287/
Custers863,266/
Kosters862,131/
Kisters861,755/
Ceusters80889/
Koesters80793/
Cuesters802/
Costers71490/
Cüsters71111/
Küstersová711/
Coesters671/

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