Wöstmann Surname
Approximately 1,406 people bear this surname
Wöstmann Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,399 | 1:57,545 | 7,443 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Wostmann (76) are calculated separately.
Wöstmann Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wöstmann Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wöstmann is most common in Germany. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Wostmann. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wöstmann.
How Common Is The Last Name Wöstmann? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 275,902nd most common surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 5,183,176 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wöstmann are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 1,399 people, or 1 in 57,545. In Germany Wöstmann is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 70 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 23 percent live and Bremen, where 2 percent live. Not including Germany Wöstmann exists in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 0 percent live and The Netherlands, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wostmann | 96 | 76 | / |
| Westmann | 88 | 166 | / |
| Wastmann | 88 | 1 | / |
| Woestmann | 82 | 316 | / |
| Wuestmann | 82 | 12 | / |
| Westman | 80 | 10,118 | / |
| Wastman | 80 | 38 | / |
| Böstman | 80 | 34 | / |
| Wästman | 80 | 12 | / |
| Wostman | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wuestman | 75 | 211 | / |
| Woestman | 75 | 187 | / |
| Vestmann | 75 | 75 | / |
| Vastmann | 75 | 17 | / |
| Weustman | 75 | 13 | / |
| Waestman | 75 | 9 | / |
| Westhman | 75 | 0 | / |
| Vostmann | 75 | 0 | / |
| Vestman | 67 | 2,209 | / |
| Vastman | 67 | 3 | / |
| Västman | 67 | 2 | / |
| Westmon | 67 | 0 | / |
| Westmoon | 63 | 0 | / |
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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 Wöstmann
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