Distribution of the name 'West'
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| Surnames sorted by time zone | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
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Map of the surname 'West' in the USA
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'West'
In the US there are 64,850 phone book entries with the surname West and approximately 233,693 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname West is the 93. most frequent name in the US.
People with this surname live in 51 states. Most occurrences are in Texas: 5,837.
Other states with lots of occurrences are California (5,149), Florida (3,724), North Carolina (3,197), Georgia (3,100), Tennessee (2,811), Virginia (2,337), New York (2,321), Missouri (2,106), as well as Pennsylvania (1,849).
The following surnames sound like West: Wight, Wescott, Wiest, Wuest, Weist, Weight, Wickett, Wajda, Weast, Weisheit, Wescoat, Woeste, Weicht, Wist, Waight, Wicht, Waggett, Wiget, Weigt, Wiste, Wiggett, Wacht, Wojda, Wegscheid, Wisowaty, Waycott, Wisti, Wojewoda, Wiszowaty, Wecht.
The distribution of the name 'West' in other countries
Surnames sorted by time zone
| Pacific Time Zone | Mountain Time Zone | Central Time Zone |
| Eastern Time Zone | Alaska Time Zone | Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone |
Occurrence of the name West in the states
| Texas - The surname West is is the 84. most common name - 5,837 persons |
| California - The surname West is is the 134. most common name - 5,149 persons |
| Florida - The surname West is is the 118. most common name - 3,724 persons |
| North Carolina - The surname West is is the 76. most common name - 3,197 persons |
| Georgia - The surname West is is the 70. most common name - 3,100 persons |
| Tennessee - The surname West is is the 65. most common name - 2,811 persons |
| Virginia - The surname West is is the 85. most common name - 2,337 persons |
| New York - The surname West is is the 223. most common name - 2,321 persons |
| Missouri - The surname West is is the 68. most common name - 2,106 persons |
| Pennsylvania - The surname West is is the 178. most common name - 1,849 persons |
| Washington - The surname West is the 82. most common name - 1,827 persons |
| Alabama - The surname West is the 110. most common name - 1,658 persons |
| Kentucky - The surname West is the 89. most common name - 1,621 persons |
| Ohio - The surname West is the 91. most common name - 1,604 persons |
| Oklahoma - The surname West is the 68. most common name - 1,565 persons |
| South Carolina - The surname West is the 86. most common name - 1,530 persons |
| Arkansas - The surname West is the 67. most common name - 1,346 persons |
| Michigan - The surname West is the 114. most common name - 1,321 persons |
| Lousiana - The surname West is the 126. most common name - 1,289 persons |
| Illinois - The surname West is the 131. most common name - 1,288 persons |
| Maryland - The surname West is the 128. most common name - 1,133 persons |
| Oregon - The surname West is the 80. most common name - 1,132 persons |
| Mississippi - The surname West is the 103. most common name - 1,124 persons |
| Indiana - The surname West is the 93. most common name - 1,081 persons |
| Colorado - The surname West is the 102. most common name - 1,048 persons |
| Massachusetts - The surname West is the 242. most common name - 1,023 persons |
| Arizona - The surname West is the 94. most common name - 1,007 persons |
| New Jersey - The surname West is the 204. most common name - 929 persons |
| Kansas - The surname West is the 104. most common name - 792 persons |
| Iowa - The surname West is the 113. most common name - 786 persons |
| West Virginia - The surname West is is the 113. most common name - 701 persons |
| Wisconsin - The surname West is is the 188. most common name - 675 persons |
| Minnesota - The surname West is is the 190. most common name - 627 persons |
| Utah - The surname West is is the 92. most common name - 615 persons |
| Connecticut - The surname West is is the 203. most common name - 472 persons |
| Nebraska - The surname West is is the 117. most common name - 415 persons |
| New Mexico - The surname West is is the 130. most common name - 413 persons |
| Maine - The surname West is is the 248. most common name - 409 persons |
| Idaho - The surname West is is the 107. most common name - 388 persons |
| Delaware - The surname West is is the 53. most common name - 353 persons |
| Nevada - The surname West is is the 92. most common name - 353 persons |
| New Hampshire - The surname West is is the 188. most common name - 347 persons |
| Montana - The surname West is is the 127. most common name - 251 persons |
| Vermont - The surname West is is the 140. most common name - 222 persons |
| South Dakota - The surname West is is the 117. most common name - 188 persons |
| Alaska - The surname West is is the 82. most common name - 178 persons |
| Washington D.C. - The surname West is is the 100. most common name - 177 persons |
| Wyoming - The surname West is is the 98. most common name - 159 persons |
| Rhode Island - The surname West is is the 260. most common name - 158 persons |
| Hawaii - The surname West is is the 343. most common name - 119 persons |
| North Dakota - The surname West is is the 308. most common name - 95 persons |
