Oversti Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Oversti Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oversti Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Översti (151) are calculated separately.

Oversti Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oversti is more commonly found in Finland than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Översti. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Oversti? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Oversti are found; 50 percent are found in Northern Europe and 50 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name Oversti is most commonly used in Finland, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 2,748,351. Outside of Finland Oversti is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 25 percent are found and Thailand, where 25 percent are found.

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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 Oversti
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