Westholter Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Westholter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westholter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:12,498,584473,286
Netherlands171:993,36365,241
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Westhölter (26) are calculated separately.

Westholter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Westholter is found most frequently in The United States. It may occur as a variant: Westhölter. Click here for further potential spellings of Westholter.

How Common Is The Last Name Westholter? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,876,555th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Westholter live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Westholter is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 12,498,584. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Minnesota, where 83 percent live, Texas, where 14 percent live and Georgia, where 3 percent live. Barring The United States this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 37 percent live.

Westholter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Westholter has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 414 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Westholter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Westholter surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Westholter earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 42.43% less than the national average, earning $24,842 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Westhölter9726/
Westhoelter9554/
Westhoulter951/
Westholder9058/
Wistholter901/

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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 Westholter
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