Ijlstra Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Ijlstra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ijlstra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1441:117,27218,528
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Ijlstra Last Name Facts

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

Ijlstra is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ijlstra? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,447,279th most widely held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. Ijlstra is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Ijlstra reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Ijlstra is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 144 people, or 1 in 117,272. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: North Holland, where 39 percent reside, Friesland, where 23 percent reside and South Holland, where 23 percent reside. Other than The Netherlands this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hilstra8623/
Gilstra863/
Gilestra8025/
Gilstray803/
Hillstra800/
Hilstrap800/
Ylstra7749/
Hilstro7119/
Ilestro718/
Gilstro713/
Elestra713/
Gilstry710/
Gilestro6754/
Gilestri6743/
Hilstrop6718/
Aulestra671/
Hoelstra671/
Helestrap631/
Ellstraut630/
Hillstroh630/
Hillstrop630/
Elstro62128/
Elstrod5722/
Elstrop5714/
Elestri5711/
Elstree572/
Elstrot571/
Helstrip53217/
Elstrodt53202/
Elstrott5376/
Elstroth5324/
Elestrio533/
Helstrop531/
Elsehetry50374/
Elstrodtt501/

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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 Ijlstra
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