Westert Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Westert Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 108 | 1:156,363 | 23,208 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
Westert Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Westert Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Westert is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Westert? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,674,734th most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. The surname Westert is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Westert live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Westert is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 108 people, or 1 in 156,363. In The Netherlands Westert is mostly found in: Drenthe, where 48 percent reside, Overijssel, where 26 percent reside and Groningen, where 10 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 6 percent reside and Denmark, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Westert
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