Woerst Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Woerst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Woerst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woerst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Woerst occurs most in The Netherlands. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Woerst click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Woerst? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most widely held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Woerst live; 75 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 2,814,529. In The Netherlands Woerst is mostly concentrated in: North Holland, where 83 percent live and South Holland, where 17 percent live. Barring The Netherlands it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent live.
Woerst Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Woerst has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Woerst last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worst | 91 | 2,332 | / |
| Werst | 91 | 1,034 | / |
| Woers | 91 | 3 | / |
| Boerst | 83 | 372 | / |
| Wuerst | 83 | 13 | / |
| Wierst | 83 | 13 | / |
| Worsth | 83 | 1 | / |
| Worszt | 83 | 1 | / |
| Woorst | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wooers | 83 | 1 | / |
| Voerste | 77 | 103 | / |
| Weierst | 77 | 6 | / |
| Wohiers | 77 | 1 | / |
| Boersth | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bowerst | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wurst | 73 | 7,681 | / |
| Vorst | 73 | 1,196 | / |
| Verst | 73 | 630 | / |
| Waers | 73 | 169 | / |
| Voers | 73 | 16 | / |
| Würst | 73 | 4 | / |
| Warst | 73 | 4 | / |
| Wörst | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wärst | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weyhorst | 71 | 0 | / |
| Booherst | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bohers | 67 | 218 | / |
| Voorst | 67 | 212 | / |
| Wurszt | 67 | 175 | / |
| Vaerst | 67 | 144 | / |
| Bourst | 67 | 133 | / |
| Waarst | 67 | 67 | / |
| Baerst | 67 | 58 | / |
| Boehrs | 67 | 49 | / |
| Huerst | 67 | 15 | / |
| Würszt | 67 | 6 | / |
| Whaers | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bearst | 67 | 2 | / |
| Warszt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wahers | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wurstz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Warstd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boersz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wurste | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vierst | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wuirst | 67 | 0 | / |
| Boersh | 67 | 0 | / |
| Whurst | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Woerst
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