de Roest Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Roest Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Roest 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
Netherlands961:175,90825,337
Belgium321:359,27039,406
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

de Roest Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Roest is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of de Roest click here.

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

This surname is the 1,422,956th most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of de Roest reside; 84 percent reside in Western Europe and 78 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 175,908. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: South Holland, where 31 percent live, Overijssel, where 18 percent live and Friesland, where 14 percent live. Besides The Netherlands this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 21 percent live and Australia, where 12 percent live.

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 Rest932/
de Rost931/
de Roes931/
de Roost88107/
de Reyst8817/
de Roust8814/
de Ruest887/
der Rost881/
de Roe8639/
de Roiste8253/
de Reiset8220/
de Roetth824/
de Raes80313/
de Raet80253/
de Roey8089/
de Roer8034/
de Roep8012/
de Rust801/
de Raedt75999/
de Rijst7520/
de Raess751/
der Rohe751/
de Rae7130/
de Róiste718/
de Rooije711/
de Rooi67133/
de Raed6728/
de Raey673/
de Raez671/
de Rouy671/
di Rust671/
de Rooij638,097/
de Rooiji591/
da Roaa531/
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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 Roest
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