Woestyne Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Woestyne Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woestyne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
France31:22,140,907385,998
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Woestyne Last Name Facts

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

Woestyne is found in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Woestyne click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Woestyne? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,213,395th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Woestyne live; 64 percent live in Western Europe and 36 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Woestyne is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,916,107. In Belgium it is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 83 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 17 percent are found. Barring Belgium this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in France, where 21 percent are found and Australia, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woestijne8220/
Westine80107/
Wostene800/
Westene800/
Woestijn7544/
Whestine7511/
Westeney750/
Woestenesch748/
Wuesteney711/
Weasteney710/
Weestenee710/
Vestine673,778/
Vestene6717/
Wheatstine6711/
Wastine679/
Wostena674/

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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 Woestyne
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