Mostern Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mostern Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mostern Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Mostern (480) may also be a first name.

Mostern Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mostern is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mostern? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mostern is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Mostern are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mostern is also the 388,155th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 480 people.

The surname Mostern is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Mostern is primarily concentrated in: California, where 100 percent live. Besides The United States this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 33 percent live and Malawi, where 17 percent live.

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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 Mostern
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