Voerste Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Voerste Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Voerste Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1001:805,05559,076
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Voerste Last Name Facts

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

Voerste is most common in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Voerste? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,817,111th most widespread family name globally, borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Voerste live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 100 people, or 1 in 805,055. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 62 percent live, Bavaria, where 22 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 7 percent live. Excluding Germany this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Voerster9378/
Voersted937/
Vorste928/
Foerste86249/
Boerste86110/
Verstee861/
Voersta861/
Vorsthe861/
Verstey860/
Foerster809,746/
Woerster807/
Foersted803/
Forste77377/
Boerst77372/
Vaerst77144/
Woerst778/
Werste775/
Ferste775/
Versti771/
Worste771/
Vurste770/
Veiersted7512/
Foesrster751/
Forstie71123/
Verstay7118/
Forstey7116/
Forsthe7114/
Vörster7110/
Vurster719/
Faerste711/
Boersth711/
Foersti711/
Ferstey711/
Worstte710/
Ferstie710/
Fershtei67154/
Fershtey6714/
Verstaij6712/
Fersztey674/
Fersztei674/
Waersted673/
Fershteh672/
Fersztej672/
Fersteeh671/
Booherst670/
Wourster670/

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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 Voerste
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