van Beest Surname

285,302nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,348 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Beest Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Beest Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1,2031:14,0382,085
Australia311:870,82953,581
Canada291:1,270,53890,455
United States191:19,076,786604,894
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
England31:18,572,686338,250
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

van Beest Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Beest occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of van Beest click here.

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

It is the 285,302nd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 5,406,191 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of van Beest live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 1,203 people, or 1 in 14,038. In The Netherlands van Beest is mostly found in: South Holland, where 41 percent reside, North Holland, where 16 percent reside and Gelderland, where 15 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands this surname exists in 19 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 2 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.

van Beest Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Beest earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 84.62% less than the national average, earning R 36,540 per year; in United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.18% less than the national average, earning $40,154 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
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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 Beest
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