Heijstra Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Heijstra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Heijstra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Heijstra Come From? nationality or country of origin
Heijstra is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Heijstra? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,798,600th most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Heijstra live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 734,225. In The Netherlands Heijstra is most numerous in: North Holland, where 52 percent live, Friesland, where 43 percent live and Groningen, where 4 percent live. Not including The Netherlands this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 7 percent live and Iceland, where 4 percent live.
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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 Heijstra
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