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

The last name Voerste has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Voerste? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,817,111th most prevalent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Voerste reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 100 people, or 1 in 805,055. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 62 percent are found, Bavaria, where 22 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 7 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.

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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