Westraat Surname

1,286,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 177 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Westraat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westraat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1731:313,16629,785
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
England11:55,718,059489,080
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Westraat Last Name Facts

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

The surname Westraat is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Westraat click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Westraat? popularity and diffusion

Westraat is the 1,286,243rd most common family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Westraat are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Westraat is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 173 people, or 1 in 313,166. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 46 percent reside, Gauteng, where 29 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Westraat Last Name Statistics demography

Westraat earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.29% more than the national average, earning R 323,868 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Westraadt94610/
Westrat9316/
Westrate88499/
Westraad88441/
Westra868,402/
Wetrat86156/
Wesstraad821/
Wesstrate821/
Vestraate821/
Westhrate820/
Westray80929/
Weistra80424/
Wesstra8023/
Vestrat8022/
Wastrat8022/
Westrap8021/
Wedtrat808/
Weestra802/
Westrad801/
Westrau800/
Wetra77584/
Westroth7550/
Westrote752/
Weitraut751/
Vestra71155/
Bestra71116/
Weetra71109/
Wistra71109/
Witrat7158/
Betrat7120/
Wettra715/
Wystraëte712/
Westrajch711/
Vetrat711/
Wethra711/
Wystra711/
Wetrau710/
Bestray6731/
Vastrat6723/
Westrey6713/
Wettrau679/
Westrod676/
Wastrad675/
Beestra674/
Viestra674/
Westreicht674/
Veestra672/
Vesttra671/
Ouestra671/
Weetrai671/
Wisztra671/
Westroo671/
Bistrat671/
Weatherate670/
Westreu670/

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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 Westraat
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