Kärst Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Kärst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 129 | 1:624,073 | 49,483 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Karst (6,911) are calculated separately.
Kärst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kärst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kärst is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Karst. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kärst? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,573,888th most prevalent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kärst live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Kärst is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 129 people, or 1 in 624,073. In Germany it is primarily found in: Thuringia, where 20 percent live, Bavaria, where 12 percent live and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 11 percent live. Besides Germany it occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karst | 93 | 6,911 | / |
| Kirst | 80 | 6,971 | / |
| Kerst | 80 | 2,051 | / |
| Korst | 80 | 1,005 | / |
| Körst | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kyrst | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kirste | 73 | 2,143 | / |
| Kerste | 73 | 251 | / |
| Kierst | 73 | 202 | / |
| Khorst | 73 | 108 | / |
| Karszt | 73 | 23 | / |
| Keurst | 73 | 17 | / |
| Karsst | 73 | 14 | / |
| Kirszt | 73 | 9 | / |
| Kaarst | 73 | 8 | / |
| Kerszt | 73 | 7 | / |
| Karsht | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kirsth | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kaerst | 73 | 3 | / |
| Korsht | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kersts | 73 | 1 | / |
| Karsth | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kirsts | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kirsht | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kirzst | 73 | 1 | / |
| Keirst | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kherst | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kearst | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kirscht | 67 | 1,288 | / |
| Korsæth | 67 | 48 | / |
| Kerscht | 67 | 30 | / |
| Kierszt | 67 | 4 | / |
| Karscht | 67 | 4 | / |
| Khyorst | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khirste | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kärst
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