Wösten Surname

998,609th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 256 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Wösten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wösten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1701:473,56241,271
Netherlands741:228,20530,213
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Wosten (102) are calculated separately.

Wösten Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wösten is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Wosten. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wösten? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wösten is the 998,609th most widespread last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 28,466,976 people. The last name Wösten occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wösten live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 170 people, or 1 in 473,562. In Germany Wösten is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 88 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent are found and Berlin, where 1 percent are found. Other than Germany it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 29 percent are found and Switzerland, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wosten94102/
Westen831,941/
Wasten835/
Wöstyn831/
Weusten77505/
Westeen77132/
Wösting7765/
Westien7727/
Woesten7724/
Wuesten7714/
Washten777/
Westenn770/
Westn732/
Washtien717/
Westin676,123/
Wastyn67370/
Westyn6765/
Westén6745/
Wastin6743/
Vesten6730/
Vasten6720/
Vosten6714/
Uesten676/
Wostin673/
Washtn672/

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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
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  • 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 Wösten
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