Balkestein Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Balkestein Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 81 | 1:208,484 | 28,519 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Balkestein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balkestein Come From? nationality or country of origin
Balkestein is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balkestein? popularity and diffusion
The surname Balkestein is the 1,955,159th most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. The surname Balkestein is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Balkestein are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 208,484. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: South Holland, where 27 percent live, Limburg, where 22 percent live and North Brabant, where 10 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands Balkestein is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Aruba, where 10 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolkestein | 90 | 104 | / |
| Bolkesteijn | 86 | 22 | / |
| Valkestijn | 80 | 58 | / |
| Bolkesteyn | 80 | 6 | / |
| Balkastan | 74 | 15 | / |
| Balkistan | 74 | 6 | / |
| Balkestam | 74 | 3 | / |
| Balkhastan | 70 | 1 | / |
| Balkistam | 63 | 1 | / |
| Balkaitienė | 57 | 5 | / |
| Balqitan | 56 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Balkestein
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