Woest Surname

233,811th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,724 people bear this surname

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

Woest Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woest Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,1371:47,6506,070
Germany2861:281,48829,497
United States1661:2,183,488137,532
Netherlands661:255,86632,556
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
England61:9,286,343223,652
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
France31:22,140,907385,998
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Woest Last Name Facts

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

Woest is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Woest.

How Common Is The Last Name Woest? popularity and diffusion

The surname Woest is the 233,811th most commonly held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 4,227,115 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Woest reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Woest is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,137 people, or 1 in 47,650. In South Africa Woest is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 49 percent are found, Limpopo, where 10 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 9 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this last name occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.

Woest Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Woest has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Woest last name rose 1,107 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Woest Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Woest surname are 43.71% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 90.48% registered with the political party.

The amount Woest earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 160.77% more than the national average, earning R 619,680 per year and in United States they earn 13.15% more than the national average, earning $48,821 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woeste911,570/
Woehst9154/
West89409,029/
Wost8927/
Wuest803,285/
Westh801,707/
Woost80201/
Voest8076/
Weest8060/
Weust8035/
Westt8032/
Wesst8010/
Whest807/
Wohst806/
Woust805/
Weszt805/
Whost801/
Westd801/
Wwest800/
Wosth800/
Waest800/
Weuste73214/
Voeste73129/
Woecht7314/
Wescht7312/
D'West732/
Wweest730/
Vest6717,723/
Wüst6713,153/
Wust673,908/
Wast67735/
Vost67342/
Uest6744/
Wöst6732/
Wäst6722/
Wesd674/
Wozt672/
Wosd672/
Wúst671/
Wèst671/
Wuescht671/

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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
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  • 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 Woest
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