van Aelst Surname

297,484th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,281 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Aelst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Aelst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1,1031:10,4231,496
Netherlands841:201,03827,835
France531:1,253,259128,888
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malta11:430,2723,380
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

van Aelst Last Name Facts

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

van Aelst has its highest incidence in Belgium. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of van Aelst.

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

It is the 297,484th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 5,688,951 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Aelst reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 84 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most widely held in Belgium, where it is held by 1,103 people, or 1 in 10,423. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 89 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 7 percent live and Walloon Region, where 4 percent live. Other than Belgium van Aelst is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 7 percent live and France, where 4 percent live.

van Aelst Last Name Statistics demography

van Aelst earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In Canada they earn 64.66% more than the national average, earning $81,808 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Haelst95347/
van Elst942,051/
van Alst94752/
van Aalst893,328/
van Halst89131/
Van-Aelst895/
van Allst894/
van Heulst845/
van Olst821,515/
von Alst8218/
Van-Alst822/
Van-Elst821/
von Elst820/
van Holst78688/
Van-Olst711/
von Holst67102/

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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 van Aelst
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