Vöst Surname
Approximately 347 people bear this surname
Vöst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 346 | 1:232,675 | 25,787 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
The alternate forms: Vost (342) are calculated separately.
Vöst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vöst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vöst occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Vost. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vöst? popularity and diffusion
Vöst is the 806,178th most prevalent last name globally, held by around 1 in 21,001,573 people. The surname Vöst is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Vöst reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Vöst is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 346 people, or 1 in 232,675. In Germany Vöst is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 90 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 4 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 4 percent live. Besides Germany this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Austria, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vost | 92 | 342 | / |
| Vöste | 89 | 21 | / |
| Vest | 75 | 17,723 | / |
| Vast | 75 | 2,356 | / |
| Föst | 75 | 326 | / |
| Wöst | 75 | 32 | / |
| Vöse | 75 | 15 | / |
| Väst | 75 | 12 | / |
| Böst | 75 | 8 | / |
| Vöss | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vaast | 67 | 757 | / |
| Wöste | 67 | 616 | / |
| Föste | 67 | 389 | / |
| Vesth | 67 | 381 | / |
| Vuist | 67 | 137 | / |
| Föhst | 67 | 100 | / |
| Voest | 67 | 76 | / |
| Vasht | 67 | 64 | / |
| Wöhst | 67 | 43 | / |
| Vöhse | 67 | 17 | / |
| Vasth | 67 | 16 | / |
| Vestå | 67 | 15 | / |
| Pföst | 67 | 11 | / |
| Vahst | 67 | 9 | / |
| Vehst | 67 | 8 | / |
| Västå | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hvest | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vuest | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vesst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vasst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vastå | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hvost | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vastt | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Vöst
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