Wedster Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Wedster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wedster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States781:4,646,909242,363
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wedster (17) may also be a first name.

Wedster Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wedster is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wedster? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,075,631st most numerous surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name Wedster is primarily found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Wedster reside; 95 percent reside in North America and 95 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequent first name in the world, held by 17 people.

The surname Wedster is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 4,646,909. In The United States it is mostly found in: Illinois, where 74 percent live, Alabama, where 5 percent live and Maryland, where 3 percent live. Barring The United States Wedster exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Wedster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wedster has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wedster surname grew 7,800 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wedster Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wedster last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Wedster earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.08% less than the national average, earning $38,367 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bedster8623/
Wadster860/
Wetster860/
Wechster805/
Wadstier801/
Wecter773/
Wechter711,201/
Vetster711/
Weicter710/
Weachter67189/
Wetchter670/
Weichter670/
Whitster670/
Vecter624/
Vezter621/
Uecter621/
Wizter621/
Wicter620/
Bechter571,568/
Wichter57380/
Vechter57172/
Vecther571/
Wicther571/
Beichter53114/
Vecthter531/
Wichther531/
Bechtter531/
Bechtehr530/
Bechtear530/
Betchter530/

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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 Wedster
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