Wüste Surname
Approximately 692 people bear this surname
Wüste Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 691 | 1:116,506 | 14,326 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Wuste (26) are calculated separately.
Wüste Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wüste Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wüste occurs most in Germany. It can be rendered as: Wuste. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wüste? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wüste is the 481,560th most common surname globally, held by around 1 in 10,531,136 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wüste reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 691 people, or 1 in 116,506. In Germany Wüste is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 57 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 12 percent are found and Saxony, where 11 percent are found. Not including Germany it exists in one country. It also occurs in Austria, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wuste | 93 | 26 | / |
| Wüster | 91 | 745 | / |
| Wüst | 89 | 13,153 | / |
| Wiste | 80 | 1,055 | / |
| Woste | 80 | 69 | / |
| Wühst | 80 | 15 | / |
| Woeste | 73 | 1,570 | / |
| Weuste | 73 | 214 | / |
| Wueste | 73 | 201 | / |
| Wistey | 73 | 41 | / |
| Wüscht | 73 | 20 | / |
| Wistie | 73 | 12 | / |
| Wieste | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wusted | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wistee | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wust | 67 | 3,908 | / |
| Wist | 67 | 2,226 | / |
| Büst | 67 | 169 | / |
| Vüst | 67 | 78 | / |
| Wuyster | 67 | 66 | / |
| Wuszter | 67 | 49 | / |
| Wouster | 67 | 24 | / |
| Wüstová | 67 | 11 | / |
| Wűst | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wüßt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wusthez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whieste | 67 | 0 | / |
| Whistte | 67 | 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
- 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 Wüste
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