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 is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Kursten or Kűrsten. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kürsten? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 406,613th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 8,464,049 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Kürsten are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 825 people, or 1 in 97,582. In Germany it is primarily found in: Thuringia, where 36 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 18 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Germany it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
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
- 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 Kürsten
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