Kürsten Surname
Approximately 861 people bear this surname
Kürsten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 825 | 1:97,582 | 12,152 |
| Austria | 26 | 1:327,517 | 36,002 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Kursten (256) & Kűrsten (2) are calculated separately.
Kürsten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kürsten Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kürsten occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Kursten or Kűrsten. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kürsten? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kürsten is the 406,613th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,464,049 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Kürsten reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Kürsten is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 825 people, or 1 in 97,582. In Germany Kürsten is most frequent in: Thuringia, where 36 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 18 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Germany this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 3 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kursten | 95 | 256 | / |
| Kűrsten | 95 | 2 | / |
| Kirsten | 86 | 13,351 | / |
| Kürstenová | 82 | 2 | / |
| Kuersten | 80 | 156 | / |
| Kiersten | 80 | 77 | / |
| Kirstien | 80 | 41 | / |
| Kirsteen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kirssten | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kirshten | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kirschten | 75 | 175 | / |
| Kierszten | 75 | 23 | / |
| Kierstien | 75 | 1 | / |
| D'Kirsten | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kurstin | 71 | 78 | / |
| Kirstin | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kűrstenová | 71 | 2 | / |
| Qirsten | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kierstin | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kirsztyn | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kirshtin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kiersztyn | 63 | 375 | / |
| Kiershtin | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kiersztyń | 50 | 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 Kürsten
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