Voster Surname
Approximately 1,457 people bear this surname
Voster Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,068 | 1:50,728 | 6,435 |
| Norway | 175 | 1:29,384 | 4,055 |
| United States | 88 | 1:4,118,852 | 221,730 |
| Netherlands | 49 | 1:344,636 | 38,971 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Vöster (29) are calculated separately.
Voster (2,737) may also be a first name.
Voster Demographics
Average Voster Salary in
United States
$51,295 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Voster Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Voster Come From? nationality or country of origin
Voster occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Vöster. For other potential spellings of Voster click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Voster? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 267,955th most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,001,747 people. The surname Voster is primarily found in Africa, where 75 percent of Voster live; 74 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 139,752nd most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 2,737 people.
The surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,068 people, or 1 in 50,728. In South Africa Voster is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 26 percent live, Northern Cape, where 19 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 18 percent live. Aside from South Africa this last name exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 12 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.
Voster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Voster has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,467 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Voster Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Voster last name are 41.11% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 87.88% being registered with the political party.
The amount Voster earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 3.61% less than the national average, earning 333,593 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 36.9% less than the national average, earning R 149,940 per year; in United States they earn 18.88% more than the national average, earning $51,295 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.91% less than the national average, earning $48,235 CAD per year.
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Voster Reference & Research
Foster FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Voster
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis