van Ast Surname

482,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 691 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Ast Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Ast Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands6331:26,6784,348
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Belgium131:884,35769,774
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England31:18,572,686338,250
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Ast Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Ast is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of van Ast.

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

The surname van Ast is the 482,070th most commonly held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 10,546,376 people. The last name van Ast occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of van Ast live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 633 people, or 1 in 26,678. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 38 percent are found, Zeeland, where 19 percent are found and Gelderland, where 15 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands van Ast exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 2 percent are found and Belgium, where 2 percent are found.

van Ast Last Name Statistics demography

van Ast earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 5.35% more than the national average, earning $52,341 CAD per year.

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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 Ast
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