Wester Surname
Approximately 17,658 people bear this surname
Wester Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,870 | 1:46,056 | 5,612 |
| Germany | 2,823 | 1:28,518 | 3,751 |
| Sweden | 2,465 | 1:3,995 | 381 |
| Netherlands | 2,116 | 1:7,981 | 977 |
| Finland | 252 | 1:21,812 | 3,068 |
| France | 233 | 1:285,076 | 43,747 |
| Denmark | 208 | 1:27,138 | 2,790 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Poland | 178 | 1:213,532 | 28,138 |
| Canada | 174 | 1:211,756 | 20,505 |
| Norway | 160 | 1:32,139 | 4,477 |
| Luxembourg | 148 | 1:3,923 | 535 |
| Aruba | 125 | 1:828 | 114 |
| Indonesia | 82 | 1:1,612,795 | 106,468 |
| Belgium | 66 | 1:174,192 | 23,583 |
| Brazil | 65 | 1:3,293,451 | 94,173 |
| Australia | 55 | 1:490,831 | 37,357 |
| England | 54 | 1:1,031,816 | 50,675 |
| Argentina | 51 | 1:838,106 | 54,910 |
| New Zealand | 43 | 1:105,310 | 13,865 |
| Colombia | 36 | 1:1,327,058 | 10,324 |
| Austria | 31 | 1:274,691 | 31,731 |
| Peru | 25 | 1:1,271,365 | 21,041 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Venezuela | 18 | 1:1,678,004 | 21,578 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7 | 1:632,838 | 19,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 34 | 1:716,923 | 33,560 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 878 | 1:57,197 | 6,367 |
Wester (1,696) may also be a first name.
Wester Demographics
Wester Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Wester Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wester Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wester occurs most in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wester? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 30,245th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 412,705 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Wester reside; 40 percent reside in North America and 40 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Wester is also the 186,675th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, borne by 1,696 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 7,870 people, or 1 in 46,056. In The United States Wester is most prevalent in: Texas, where 13 percent are found, Florida, where 11 percent are found and North Carolina, where 9 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 75 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 16 percent are found and Sweden, where 14 percent are found.
Wester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wester has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wester surname increased 896 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 159 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 71 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wester Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Wester surname is primarily Anglican (86%) in Ireland.
In The United States Wester are 11.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.36% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wester earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 2.31% more than the national average, earning 354,089 kr per year; in Peru they earn 31.15% more than the national average, earning S/. 25,423 per year; in South Africa they earn 93.59% more than the national average, earning R 460,044 per year; in Colombia they earn 43.4% less than the national average, earning $12,849,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.36% less than the national average, earning $42,995 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.02% more than the national average, earning $50,188 CAD 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
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