Nesters Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Latvia

Nesters Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nesters Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Latvia41:512,51230,386
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Nesters (33) may also be a first name.

Nesters Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nesters (Arabic: نيستيرس) occurs most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nesters? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,587,209th most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Nesters live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,807,719th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 33 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 60,409,822. In The United States Nesters is most common in: North Carolina, where 83 percent live and South Carolina, where 17 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Latvia, where 33 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.

Nesters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Nesters has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nesters surname decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Neysters9372/
Niesters9359/
Neters920/
Nieters86819/
Nethers86641/
Netters86321/
Nisters86176/
Neiters8617/
Nasters8613/
Nestors869/
Nysters864/
Neeters861/
Nijsters807/
Neithers802/
Neathers800/
Niethers800/
Niters771/
Nitters7185/
Nastars7126/
Nastors7116/
Nistors712/
Neterch711/
Nithers711/
Nisstors672/

Nesters Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nesters in the Arabic language
نيستيرسnystyrs-

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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 Nesters
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