van Aefst Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Aefst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Aefst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands651:259,80332,877
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

van Aefst Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Aefst is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name van Aefst? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,352,516th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. van Aefst is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of van Aefst reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 259,803. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Overijssel, where 89 percent are found, Gelderland, where 8 percent are found and Flevoland, where 2 percent are found. Other than The Netherlands this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Vast820/
van Avesaat8020/
van Hoefs7872/
van Voast7847/
van Foest781/
van Voest780/
van Vasst780/
van Avesaath76113/
Vanvast750/
Vanvoast71130/
von Vest711/
van Vost710/
van Avezaath67124/
van Ovost6759/
van Havezaat675/
Vanavisut672/
von Feist671/
van Voust670/

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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 van Aefst
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