Künster Surname
Approximately 559 people bear this surname
Künster Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 557 | 1:144,534 | 17,438 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Kunster (35) & Kunšter (4) are calculated separately.
Künster Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Künster Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Künster is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Kunster or Kunšter. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Künster? popularity and diffusion
It is the 565,867th most common surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 13,036,755 people. The surname Künster occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Künster are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Künster is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 557 people, or 1 in 144,534. In Germany it is mostly found in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 49 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 35 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 9 percent live. Excluding Germany Künster is found in one country. It is also common in Austria, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kunster | 95 | 35 | / |
| Knster | 92 | 2 | / |
| Kunšter | 90 | 4 | / |
| Kinster | 86 | 43 | / |
| Konster | 86 | 39 | / |
| Knøster | 86 | 9 | / |
| Kenster | 86 | 9 | / |
| Kuenster | 80 | 225 | / |
| Kunsther | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kunstert | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kinsteer | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kinstier | 80 | 1 | / |
| Keunster | 80 | 0 | / |
| Konstter | 80 | 0 | / |
| Kunstger | 80 | 0 | / |
| Koenster | 80 | 0 | / |
| Kinstter | 80 | 0 | / |
| Kinste | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kuenstier | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kuinstter | 75 | 0 | / |
| Conster | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kinstie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kunstyr | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kenzter | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cunster | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kinsted | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kinstedt | 67 | 27 | / |
| Knsti | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kinstead | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kinštetr | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kynštetr | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kinzther | 67 | 1 | / |
| Quinster | 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
- 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 Künster
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