Where Does The Last Name Wosten Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Wosten is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Wösten. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wosten? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Wosten is the 1,828,462^nd most widespread last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 76 percent of Wosten live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Wosten is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 219,314. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Brabant, where 38 percent are found, Drenthe, where 31 percent are found and Gelderland, where 10 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 17 percent are found and Thailand, where 6 percent are found.

Wosten Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Wosten has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.