Westafer Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

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

Westafer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westafer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1231:2,946,821172,836
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Westafer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Westafer is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Westafer? popularity and diffusion

The surname Westafer is the 1,620,164th most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Westafer live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 2,946,821. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Indiana, where 48 percent are found, Florida, where 14 percent are found and Georgia, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States Westafer is found in one country. It is also found in Belarus, where 1 percent are found.

Westafer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Westafer has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 1,538 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Westafer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Westafer are 48.47% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 95.24% being registered to vote for the political party.

Westafer earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.76% less than the national average, earning $39,799 USD per year.

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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 Westafer
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