Driesten Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Driesten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 51 | 1:331,121 | 38,060 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Driesten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Driesten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Driesten is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Driesten? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,661,929th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Driesten are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Driesten is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 331,121. In The Netherlands Driesten is most numerous in: North Holland, where 33 percent are found, Gelderland, where 27 percent are found and Friesland, where 20 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driessteen | 89 | 0 | / |
| Drijsten | 88 | 6 | / |
| Dreisten | 88 | 1 | / |
| Drysten | 80 | 11 | / |
| Drestin | 80 | 2 | / |
| Dristin | 80 | 0 | / |
| Dreissteen | 78 | 0 | / |
| Drgestin | 75 | 72 | / |
| Dristina | 75 | 4 | / |
| Drichten | 75 | 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
- 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 Driesten
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