Wester is used as a family name or surname in Sweden, Germany, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wester
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Sweden, Germany, England
Meaning:

Surname Wester is a form of Westerdale. A parish in Yorkshire.

The surname Wester is the variant of the Westberg. One who came from Westborough, i.e., western fort, in Lincolnshire.

A form of Westerberg. Western mountain.

How popular is Wester?

Wester is common in United States, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, Finland, France, Denmark, Malawi, Poland, Canada, Norway, Luxembourg, Aruba.

Wester is ranked 30285 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wester bearers increased by 2.41 per cent in 2010 US census to 5187 since 2000, the surname slipped by 315 spots and ranked at 6532. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.41 88.39
Black 8.87 8.43
Hispanic or Latino 2.29 1.22
Others 1.29 1.11
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.62 0.47
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.52 0.38
Wester is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Aruba lie ahead in terms of density. Around 17656 people have been found who wears Wester as their family name. Wester is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Wester:
5,613 United States7,868
3,751 Germany2,823
381 Sweden2,465
977 Netherlands2,116
Countries with hundreds of Wester:
3,068 Finland252
43,747 France233
2,790 Denmark208
11,397 Malawi183
28,138 Poland178
20,505 Canada174
4,477 Norway160
535 Luxembourg148
114 Aruba125
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
106,468 Indonesia82
23,583 Belgium66
94,176 Brazil65
37,357 Australia55
50,675 England54
54,910 Argentina51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
13,865 New Zealand43
10,324 Colombia36
31,731 Austria31
21,041 Peru25
47,011 Papua New Guinea23
21,578 Venezuela18
336,594 Thailand17
322,587 Russia15
137,638 South Africa12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
78,460 Zimbabwe10
2,946 Mozambique9
53,030 Hungary8
26,217 Estonia8
238,248 Philippines7
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Valentin Wester worked as farmer and hailed from Germany. 30 years old embarked for USA from Havre on Beatrice and arrived on June 18, 1852. Chr. Wester, aged 34, 23 years old Elis. Wester, Elis. Wester, Catherine Wester (18), Ed. Wester (41), Elisab. Wester, Joh. Wester (6), Val. Wester (12), and 85 other Wester around 49.02% of whom were farmer while others worked as smith and servant, laborer, carpenter, jeweler migrated to US.

Wester Namesakes

  • August Wester, August Wester, Jr
  • John Charles Wester, American prelate of the Catholic Church
  • Travis Wester, American actor

Wester Namesakes

  • August Wester, August Wester, Jr
  • John Charles Wester, American prelate of the Catholic Church
  • Travis Wester, American actor

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