The Wester surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,187 people carried this name — #6,532 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 56,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,065 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
130 people named Wester have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 151 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 88 people named Wester.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 43 people named Wester live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 27 people named Wester live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
2,934 people named Wester are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Wester in American newspapers,
1909.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,686,047 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wester,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hendrik Wester 1752–1821 · teacher -
Wilhelm Wester 1830–1900 · politician -
Philip Wester 1840–1933 -
Carl Wester 1847–1917 -
Arvid Wester 1856–1914 · military personnel -
Reinhold Wester 1800–1827 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wester.
- Werts 1,993 · U.S. census
- Wertz 8,198 · U.S. census
- Wery 607 · U.S. census
- Wesolek 414 · U.S. census
- Wesolowski 3,204 · U.S. census
- West 195,818 · U.S. census
- Westermann 761 · U.S. census
- Westermeyer 462 · U.S. census
- Westphal 7,101 · U.S. census
- Westrich 480 · U.S. census
- Wetta 243 · U.S. census
- Wetter 1,553 · U.S. census
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