Vestur Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Estonia

Vestur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vestur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France161:4,151,420237,746
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Veštúr (48) & Vešťúr (3) are calculated separately.

Vestur Last Name Facts

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

Vestur is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Veštúr or Vešťúr. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vestur? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,798,600th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Vestur occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Vestur are found; 59 percent are found in Western Europe and 59 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in France, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 4,151,420. In France it is most frequent in: Île-de-France, where 100 percent are found. Outside of France Vestur occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 30 percent are found and Estonia, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vestuir92133/
Vetur911/
Veštúr8948/
Festur8318/
Vastur8317/
Bestur837/
Vešťúr833/
Vistur831/
Westur830/
Bestuir77247/
Veshtor7719/
Vistuir7718/
Vistour773/
Veatour771/
Weshtur771/
Bestuur771/
Weastur770/
Westour770/
Bestour770/
Betur73292/
Vitur736/
Wetur731/
Veshtorh714/
Feistaur711/
Beytur67615/
Festor67526/
Bestor67458/
Vitour67265/
Vittur67171/
Wastur6768/
Fostur6758/
Bethur6752/
Viteur6722/
Viture6720/
Betour6717/
Westor6714/
Bistur678/
Vithur674/
Huetur671/
Bettur671/
Veitor671/
Vešturová671/
Betuir671/
Beteur671/
Whetstour670/
Weetur670/
Wistur670/

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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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  • 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 Vestur
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