Kästner Surname
Approximately 9,746 people bear this surname
Kästner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 9,613 | 1:8,375 | 1,033 |
| Austria | 53 | 1:160,669 | 21,171 |
| Switzerland | 26 | 1:315,881 | 24,844 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1:3,272,092 | 62,568 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Kastner (25,461) are calculated separately.
Kästner Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kästner Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kästner is most common in Germany. It may be rendered as: Kastner. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kästner? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 52,502nd most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 747,747 people. Kästner occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kästner are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 9,613 people, or 1 in 8,375. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Saxony, where 25 percent live, Thuringia, where 24 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent live. Not including Germany this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 1 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kastner | 95 | 25,461 | / |
| Kistner | 86 | 10,445 | / |
| Kestner | 86 | 3,836 | / |
| Kostner | 86 | 1,976 | / |
| Köstner | 86 | 1,712 | / |
| Kystner | 86 | 7 | / |
| Kästnerová | 82 | 3 | / |
| Kaestner | 80 | 2,485 | / |
| Koestner | 80 | 973 | / |
| Kasztner | 80 | 209 | / |
| Kosztner | 80 | 115 | / |
| Kisztner | 80 | 20 | / |
| Kösztner | 80 | 13 | / |
| Keastner | 80 | 6 | / |
| Kesztner | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kesstner | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kistnere | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kasthner | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kyostner | 80 | 2 | / |
| Khystner | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kostneer | 80 | 1 | / |
| Keustner | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kasstner | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kisstner | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kuistner | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kiestner | 80 | 0 | / |
| Keistner | 80 | 0 | / |
| Kesttner | 80 | 0 | / |
| Kaistner | 80 | 0 | / |
| Kastneer | 80 | 0 | / |
| Costner | 71 | 3,738 | / |
| Castner | 71 | 2,902 | / |
| Kestnerová | 71 | 31 | / |
| Kistnerová | 71 | 4 | / |
| Köstnerová | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kiztner | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kostnir | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cistner | 71 | 1 | / |
| Qistner | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chestner | 67 | 55 | / |
| Kösztnerová | 67 | 3 | / |
| Quistner | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kisztnerová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kisztnerova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chistner | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cisttner | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coestner | 67 | 1 | / |
| Casthner | 67 | 0 | / |
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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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- 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 Kästner
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