Morgenstern Surname

28,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,749 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Morgenstern Surname Definition:

“Morning Star” in German. Name of Spiked Club used as weapon in the Middle Ages.

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Morgenstern Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany11,3251:7,109886
United States3,6711:98,73610,978
Brazil9831:217,7778,425
Israel9631:8,8861,382
Argentina4011:106,5929,020
Canada2371:155,46715,773
France1781:373,16155,519
Austria1271:67,05110,326
Netherlands1121:150,77822,601
England901:619,09036,665
Australia781:346,09929,260
South Africa731:742,16051,964
Switzerland611:134,63813,235
Denmark551:102,6319,658
Czechia481:221,53131,190
Thailand391:1,811,240225,763
Russia301:4,804,102217,805
Mexico281:4,433,07927,489
Chile271:652,46215,367
Poland261:1,461,87585,446
Venezuela251:1,208,16317,203
Hungary211:467,44230,347
Spain161:2,922,00263,384
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Croatia101:422,86035,095
Peru101:3,178,41230,046
Norway81:642,78647,258
Paraguay81:904,5939,127
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Uruguay51:686,35229,886
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Namibia41:602,35012,421
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1901:264,30921,644

The alternate forms: Morgenštern (1) are calculated separately.

Morgenstern (12) may also be a first name.

Morgenstern Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Morning Star” in German. Name of Spiked Club used as weapon in the Middle Ages.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(an invented surname) “Morning star,” in German. It may have been a name invented by the person adopting it or by the authorities giving it. Or it may have been given to an “early bird” who came to have his name registered and was dubbed “morning star,” the first to appear.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

User-submitted Reference

Morgenstern is a German surname that means 'morning star'. The morning star is the planet Venus, also called Lucifer (from the Latin words, lux = 'light' and fero = 'bring' - 'the one who brings the light'). Lucifer was also the name of the Devil, before he rebelled against God and was cast into Hell. Since that moment, he took the name of Satan, which means in Hebrew: 'enemy' or 'opponent'.

- sliveeerr

Morgenstern Last Name Facts

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

Morgenstern (Russian: Моргенстерн) occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Morgenštern. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morgenstern? popularity and diffusion

The surname Morgenstern is the 28,636th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 388,690 people. Morgenstern occurs predominantly in Europe, where 65 percent of Morgenstern reside; 63 percent reside in Western Europe and 62 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used given name world-wide. It is borne by 12 people.

The surname Morgenstern is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 11,325 people, or 1 in 7,109. In Germany it is primarily found in: Saxony, where 35 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent are found and Berlin, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Germany it occurs in 61 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Brazil, where 5 percent are found.

Morgenstern Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Morgenstern has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,932 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 750 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Morgenstern Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Morgenstern surname are 36.9% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 90.13% being registered with the political party.

The amount Morgenstern earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 270.55% more than the national average, earning S/. 71,831 per year; in South Africa they earn 2.34% more than the national average, earning R 243,204 per year; in United States they earn 20.85% more than the national average, earning $52,144 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.22% more than the national average, earning $60,722 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Morgenstern Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Morgenstern in the Russian language
Моргенстернmorgenstern-

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