Weerstand Surname

823,466th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 337 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Weerstand Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weerstand Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3241:52,1218,934
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
England11:55,718,059489,080
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Weerstand Last Name Facts

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

The last name Weerstand occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Weerstand? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 823,466th most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,624,765 people. Weerstand occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Weerstand are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 324 people, or 1 in 52,121. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Flevoland, where 43 percent are found, North Holland, where 30 percent are found and Friesland, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account The Netherlands Weerstand is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Estonia, where 2 percent are found and Norway, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Verstand8227/
Worstand820/
Weerston820/
Wersztajn781/
Bearstand780/
Berstan7521/
Werston754/
Werstam751/
Verstan751/
Werstein71352/
Vorstand714/
Berstain713/
Berstajn711/
Bersztan711/
Verstean711/
Wuerston710/
Wehrstein67233/
Werrstein6714/
Beerstein679/
Bershtayn673/
Wersteitn672/
Weirstein671/

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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 Weerstand
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