Vorster Surname

19,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28,273 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Vorster Surname Definition:

“Forester” in Dutch. Official charged with care of forests.

Vorster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa26,1091:2,075260
Australia4121:65,5247,833
England3411:163,39615,207
United States2221:1,632,698109,247
Russia2171:664,16257,219
Malawi2091:81,91010,289
New Zealand1351:33,5435,806
Netherlands1161:145,57922,016
Germany891:904,55664,175
Zimbabwe751:205,84323,645
Botswana611:35,8517,015
Canada561:657,95753,499
Mozambique251:1,090,4631,880
Switzerland231:357,08327,273
Ireland171:276,9969,887
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Thailand161:4,414,897343,519
Scotland131:411,83217,291
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Namibia111:219,0369,886
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Swaziland41:324,550996
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
China31:455,773,85521,925
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Iceland21:190,0456,825
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
France11:66,422,722504,397
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

The alternate forms: Vörster (10) are calculated separately.

Vorster (336) may also be a first name.

Vorster Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Forester” in Dutch. Official charged with care of forests.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Vorster Last Name Facts

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

The last name Vorster (Russian: Ворстер) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Vörster. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vorster? popularity and diffusion

Vorster is the 19,404th most numerous surname globally, borne by around 1 in 257,756 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Vorster are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 477,199th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 336 people.

The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 26,109 people, or 1 in 2,075. In South Africa Vorster is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 35 percent are found, Western Cape, where 11 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 10 percent are found. Beside South Africa this last name is found in 65 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Vorster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Vorster has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Vorster surname rose 34,100 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 2,220 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Vorster Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Vorster surname is chiefly Orthodox (93%) in Russia.

In The United States Vorster are 24.28% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 71.05% registered with the political party.

The amount Vorster earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 84.79% more than the national average, earning R 439,140 per year; in United States they earn 4.01% less than the national average, earning $41,418 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.89% more than the national average, earning $63,044 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Vorster Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vorster in the Russian language
Ворстерvorster-

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Vorster Reference & Research

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