Vestfalen Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Vestfalen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Vestfalen Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Russia21:72,061,528727,117

Vestfalen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vestfalen (Russian: Вестфален) is more frequently found in Denmark than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vestfalen? popularity and diffusion

Vestfalen is the 7,117,718th most widely held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Vestfalen reside; 71 percent reside in Northern Europe and 71 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname is most widely held in Denmark, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 1,128,943. In Denmark it is mostly found in: Region of Southern Denmark, where 60 percent live, Central Denmark Region, where 20 percent live and North Denmark Region, where 20 percent live. Apart from Denmark it occurs in one country. It is also found in Russia, where 29 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Westfalen899/
Westfallen8483/
Vestphalen848/
Westpfalen841/
Westphalen742,421/
Westphgalen701/
Westphaelen701/
Westphaln6733/
Wetphalen671/
Westphalem6311/
Wedtphalen631/
Wistphalen631/
Westphalin630/
Westphäling5041/
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Vestfalen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vestfalen in the Russian language
Вестфаленvestfalen-

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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 Vestfalen
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