van Alste Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
van Alste Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: van Alsté (8) are calculated separately.
van Alste Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Alste Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Alste is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: van Alsté. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Alste? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Alste is the 5,391,485th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of van Alste live; 77 percent live in Western Europe and 77 percent live in Germanic Europe.
van Alste is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 8,945,051. In Germany van Alste is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 89 percent are found and Berlin, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Germany van Alste is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 15 percent are found and England, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Alsté | 96 | 8 | / |
| van Alst | 94 | 752 | / |
| van Aalst | 89 | 3,328 | / |
| van Halst | 89 | 131 | / |
| van Allst | 89 | 4 | / |
| van Olst | 82 | 1,515 | / |
| von Alst | 82 | 18 | / |
| Van-Alst | 82 | 2 | / |
| van Holst | 78 | 688 | / |
| van Hoolst | 74 | 178 | / |
| van Heulst | 74 | 5 | / |
| Van-Olst | 71 | 1 | / |
| von Holster | 70 | 0 | / |
| von Holst | 67 | 102 | / |
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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 Alste
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