van Bost Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
van Bost Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 133 | 1:86,441 | 13,498 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
van Bost Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Bost Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Bost is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Bost? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Bost is the 1,398,030th most widely held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 46,715,038 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of van Bost live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most widely held in Belgium, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 86,441. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 81 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 17 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent reside. Barring Belgium van Bost exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 10 percent reside and Curaçao, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Boost | 94 | 19 | / |
| van Bos | 93 | 237 | / |
| van Best | 88 | 90 | / |
| van Both | 88 | 7 | / |
| van Bose | 88 | 1 | / |
| Van-Bost | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Vost | 88 | 0 | / |
| van Bo | 86 | 49 | / |
| van Beest | 82 | 1,348 | / |
| van Bosch | 82 | 1,190 | / |
| van Baast | 82 | 338 | / |
| van Bosse | 82 | 268 | / |
| van Baest | 82 | 104 | / |
| van Voust | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Boo | 80 | 15 | / |
| van Vos | 80 | 11 | / |
| van Box | 80 | 10 | / |
| van Boi | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Bosche | 78 | 2 | / |
| von Bose | 75 | 70 | / |
| van Boyd | 75 | 28 | / |
| von Both | 75 | 14 | / |
| Van-Best | 75 | 8 | / |
| van Baas | 75 | 6 | / |
| van Booy | 75 | 2 | / |
| von Boht | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Bodd | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Vuot | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Bass | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Vast | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Bossche | 74 | 287 | / |
| van Vo | 71 | 197 | / |
| von Beust | 71 | 28 | / |
| von Bosse | 71 | 15 | / |
| Van-Beest | 71 | 6 | / |
| van Baush | 71 | 5 | / |
| van Ba | 71 | 5 | / |
| van Beesd | 71 | 2 | / |
| von Bosch | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Vasst | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Voo | 67 | 3 | / |
| van Voy | 67 | 3 | / |
| von Boa | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Bax | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Bau | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Vooijs | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Vas | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Bost
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