as a Last Name
- 7,850
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Horst
Meaning & Origins
North German and Dutch: 1. topographic name from Middle Low German hurst, Middle Dutch horst ‘undergrowth’, ‘brushwood’, ‘wild place’. More specifically, the term was also used to denote a crow's or similar large bird's nest, a raised area in surrounding marshland, or an area of uncleared woodland, all of which meanings could have contributed to the surname. 2. habitational name from any of numerous places named with this word.
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,850
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Pennsylvania
- has the most people named Horst per capita
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