Wäster Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Wäster Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Waster (112) are calculated separately.
Wäster Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wäster Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wäster is most common in Sweden. It may be rendered as: Waster. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wäster? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,532,898th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wäster live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in Scandinavia.
It is most frequently held in Sweden, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 547,042. In Sweden it is primarily found in: Östergötland County, where 39 percent are found, Örebro County, where 22 percent are found and Dalarna County, where 11 percent are found. Not including Sweden it exists in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Wäster
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