Külter Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Iceland

Külter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Külter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

The alternate forms: Kulter (1,081) are calculated separately.

Külter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Külter is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Kulter. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Külter? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,587,209th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Külter is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Külter live; 75 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 10,063,182. In Germany Külter is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 75 percent reside, Hesse, where 13 percent reside and Saarland, where 13 percent reside. Beside Germany Külter occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Iceland, where 8 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kulter941,081/
Külte911,179/
Kolter832,058/
Kelter831,535/
Kilter83242/
Kleter83100/
Cülter8353/
Költer8324/
Klőter831/
Kälter831/
Kylter831/
Kletter77663/
Kaelter7718/
Koulter779/
Kelther776/
Kholter773/
Kellter773/
Kislter773/
Kuelter771/
Keelter771/
Keltter770/
Koelter770/
Keslter770/
Kilther770/
Kilte7393/
Kelte7369/
Kälte733/
Kltre732/
Klete732/
Kllte731/
Költe731/
Kelteher710/
Colter675,034/
Klette672,089/
Keltie67606/
Culter67409/
Kiltie67329/
Keltee6734/
Klethe6725/
Cleter6717/
Klæthe6715/
Klætte6710/
Kletie676/
Keltey674/
Celter673/
Killte673/
Kilthe672/
Keltir671/
Keltre671/
Qulter671/
Kiltre671/
Keltea671/
Kletei671/
Kiltei671/
Keltei671/
Koelte671/
Keltez670/
Kiltey670/
Kiltte670/
Kellte670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Külter
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