Robesten Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Robesten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Robesten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe231:671,22849,171
England31:18,572,686338,250
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Robesten Last Name Facts

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

The surname Robesten is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Robesten? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,730,171st most frequent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Robesten live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Robesten is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 671,228. In Zimbabwe Robesten is most frequent in: Harare Province, where 57 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 43 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 11 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rubesten881/
Robestin881/
Robetin802/
Rubisten751/
Rabisten751/
Ravestien712/
Rubysteen710/
Rabetin678/
Robětín674/
Rabastin6315/
Rabistyn638/
Hrabetin636/
Ravestyn635/
Rabetina634/
Ravestin631/
Ravestijn59149/
Rabistyng591/
Robětínová562/
Rabetim5324/
Rabitin5323/
Ravetin532/
Rabiting500/

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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
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  • 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 Robesten
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