van Best Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
van Best Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 78 | 1:216,502 | 29,188 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
van Best Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Best Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Best occurs most in The Netherlands. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Best? popularity and diffusion
van Best is the 1,967,751st most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. van Best is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of van Best are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 216,502. In The Netherlands van Best is most common in: North Brabant, where 87 percent live, South Holland, where 10 percent live and Gelderland, where 1 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 7 percent live and England, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Beest | 94 | 1,348 | / |
| van Baest | 94 | 104 | / |
| van Biest | 94 | 1 | / |
| van West | 88 | 526 | / |
| van Bost | 88 | 156 | / |
| van Bets | 88 | 128 | / |
| Van-Best | 88 | 8 | / |
| van Bies | 88 | 2 | / |
| van Bees | 88 | 2 | / |
| van Bett | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Bist | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Betz | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Beth | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Bess | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Be | 86 | 10 | / |
| van Baast | 82 | 338 | / |
| van Bedts | 82 | 56 | / |
| van Beetz | 82 | 53 | / |
| van Beets | 82 | 49 | / |
| von Beust | 82 | 28 | / |
| Van-Beest | 82 | 6 | / |
| van Beesd | 82 | 2 | / |
| van Beate | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Betts | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Weest | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Ber | 80 | 9 | / |
| van Beh | 80 | 1 | / |
| von Bet | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Bie | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Buys | 75 | 5 | / |
| van Beer | 75 | 3 | / |
| van Bays | 75 | 1 | / |
| von West | 75 | 1 | / |
| von Vest | 75 | 1 | / |
| Van-Bost | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Bijs | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Buis | 75 | 1 | / |
| Von-Best | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Byte | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Ba | 71 | 5 | / |
| van Ve | 71 | 4 | / |
| van Bi | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Wijst | 71 | 1 | / |
| von Betts | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Bui | 67 | 157 | / |
| van Bay | 67 | 14 | / |
| van Bij | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Boi | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Ber | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Best
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