Viester Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Viester Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 108 | 1:156,363 | 23,208 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Viëster (1) are calculated separately.
Viester (11) may also be a first name.
Viester Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Viester Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Viester is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Viëster. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Viester? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,736,881st most numerous family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name Viester occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Viester reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Viester is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 11 people.
This last name is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 156,363. In The Netherlands Viester is most common in: Gelderland, where 41 percent live, Limburg, where 14 percent live and Overijssel, where 13 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 1 percent live and Russia, where 1 percent live.
Viester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Viester has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Viester last name fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Viester
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