Westersten Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Westersten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Westersten Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland211:261,74820,300
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Westersten Last Name Facts

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

Westersten is found most in Finland. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Westersten? popularity and diffusion

The surname Westersten is the 3,602,217th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Westersten live; 83 percent live in Northern Europe and 83 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequent in Finland, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 261,748. In Finland it is most prevalent in: Ostrobothnia, where 90 percent are found, Satakunta, where 5 percent are found and Uusimaa, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Finland Westersten occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wettersten90193/
Vestersten9019/
Weathersten863/
Wettersteen863/
Wetherstien860/
Vettersten8017/
Wittersten801/
Wetherstin800/
Vittersten703/
Witherstin700/

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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 Westersten
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