de Lijster Surname

668,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 448 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Lijster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Lijster Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands4111:41,0886,981
France141:4,744,480251,814
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
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de Lijster Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Lijster Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de Lijster occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name de Lijster? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 668,257th most widespread surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 16,266,844 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of de Lijster live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname de Lijster is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 411 people, or 1 in 41,088. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: South Holland, where 68 percent reside, North Holland, where 9 percent reside and Gelderland, where 7 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in France, where 3 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Leijster9534/
de Lister951/
de Lyster8427/
de Lester841/
de Leyster806/
de Loisted804/
de Leite78105/
de Leste7850/
de Lista7832/
de Leichter763/
de Letter74680/
de Laitre74100/
de Lestre743/
de Lete715/
de Laittre704/
de Litta6743/
de Letis6710/
da Leite679/
de Lette672/
de Laiti672/
da Lista672/
da Laite672/
da Leste672/
de Letes671/
di Leite671/
de Letre671/
de Lieti671/
de Lettre633/
de Laître631/
de Leta595/
de Lyta591/
di Litta56128/
di Litti561/
da Letire531/
di Lettis531/
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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 de Lijster
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