Aelst Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Aelst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 41 | 1:280,406 | 33,354 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Aelst (39) may also be a first name.
Aelst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aelst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Aelst is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aelst? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,776,799th most widespread last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname Aelst is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Aelst reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 61 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,637,361st most widely held first name globally, borne by 39 people.
Aelst is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 280,406. In Belgium Aelst is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 68 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 29 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Belgium this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haelst | 91 | 2 | / |
| Elst | 89 | 2,334 | / |
| Alst | 89 | 147 | / |
| Aalst | 80 | 352 | / |
| Halst | 80 | 18 | / |
| Eelst | 80 | 15 | / |
| Helst | 80 | 11 | / |
| Alest | 80 | 9 | / |
| Elszt | 80 | 8 | / |
| Elest | 80 | 4 | / |
| Eilst | 80 | 1 | / |
| Goelst | 73 | 85 | / |
| Halest | 73 | 5 | / |
| Allest | 73 | 4 | / |
| Heulst | 73 | 2 | / |
| Helest | 73 | 1 | / |
| Elestd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Halstd | 73 | 0 | / |
| Ellest | 73 | 0 | / |
| Haulst | 73 | 0 | / |
| Ehlest | 73 | 0 | / |
| Olst | 67 | 139 | / |
| Auleste | 67 | 12 | / |
| Alzt | 67 | 11 | / |
| Elsehet | 67 | 9 | / |
| Alsd | 67 | 4 | / |
| Auglist | 67 | 1 | / |
| D'Helst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahlesth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hallest | 67 | 0 | / |
| Heilest | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Aelst
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