Wostry Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Wostry Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wostry Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria691:123,41217,157
Germany381:2,118,565113,742
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Wostrý (8) are calculated separately.

Wostry Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wostry has its highest incidence in Austria. It may also be rendered as a variant: Wostrý. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wostry? popularity and diffusion

Wostry is the 1,727,723rd most frequently held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Wostry live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in Austria, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 123,412. In Austria it is most common in: Vienna, where 39 percent live, Lower Austria, where 36 percent live and Salzburg, where 23 percent live. Not including Austria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 34 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wostrý948/
Westry83809/
Vostry8390/
Wostri8334/
Wostrá837/
Wostre831/
Wostra831/
Wotrhy831/
Westray77929/
Westrey7713/
Wotrych776/
Vostryi773/
Woustra771/
Wesstry770/
Watry73978/
Votry7352/
Botry7317/
Wotri738/
Wotra732/
Wostruha7113/
Vostreys715/
Boishtry711/
Wastrych711/
Boutry673,347/
Westre67695/
Vostrá67466/
Wastri67418/
Vostrý67417/
Wastra67407/
Westri67361/
Wastre6797/
Bostre6787/
Vestry6723/
Bastry6723/
Vostri6720/
Vostra6714/
Wotrit674/
Bottry672/
Buotry671/
Woitra671/
Wautry671/
Botray671/
Bostri671/
Wattry670/
Bootry670/
Botrey670/
Votrey670/

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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 Wostry
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