Koester is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Koester
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Koester

How popular is Koester?

Koester is common in Germany.

Koester is ranked 28744 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Koester bearers increased by 4.889142 per cent in 2010 US census to 7380 since 2000, the surname slipped by 180 spots and ranked at 4789. The last name was found in around 25 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.46 97.81
Hispanic or Latino 1.36 0.68
Others 1.06 0.78
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.75 0.48
Black 0.26 0.16
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.12 0.09
Koester is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Germany is ahead in terms of density. Around 17572 people have been found who wears Koester as their family name. Koester is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
11,480 Japan4
2,720 South Korea3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
108,034 Italy3
23,344 Austria2
18,718 Thailand2
5,139 Bolivia2
54,641 Sweden2
14,004 Hungary2
16,228 Bulgaria1
50,549 Georgia1
31,584 Peru1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
91,024 Belgium1
1,704,541 India1
18,969 Wales1
7,292 Vietnam1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
12,745 Luxembourg1
6,688 Malawi1
49,529 Israel1
25,746 Finland1
21,562 Portugal1
24,176 Qatar1
36,814 Romania1
36,678 Singapore1
24,771 Colombia1
492,292 Ukraine1
7,191 Afghanistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,510 Denmark49
23,443 Norway26
80,121 Australia20
81,586 Spain17
14,048 Ireland16
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
15,572 Switzerland72
133,875 France61
Countries with hundreds of Koester:
16,274 Brazil811
12,891 Canada297
30,064 South Africa183
23,602 Mexico131
37,308 England113
Countries with thousands of Koester:
4,642 United States8,549
1,031 Germany7,162
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Johann Koester worked as farmer and hailed from Italy. 16 years old embarked for Il from Bremen on Stuttgart and arrived on April 16, 1896.

Koester Namesakes

  • Steve Koester, Singer
  • Jamison Koesterer, Film actor
  • Joachim Koester, Artist
  • Steve Koester, Singer

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