van de Geest Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
van de Geest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 158 | 1:106,881 | 17,196 |
| New Zealand | 17 | 1:266,372 | 23,826 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
van de Geest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van de Geest Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van de Geest is most common in The Netherlands. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van de Geest? popularity and diffusion
The surname van de Geest is the 1,210,518th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of van de Geest live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Germanic Europe.
van de Geest is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 158 people, or 1 in 106,881. In The Netherlands van de Geest is primarily found in: Utrecht, where 38 percent reside, Gelderland, where 23 percent reside and South Holland, where 15 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 9 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Geest | 96 | 3,043 | / |
| von der Geest | 88 | 42 | / |
| van de Geer | 87 | 477 | / |
| van der Est | 87 | 222 | / |
| van der Geer | 83 | 1,260 | / |
| van der Iest | 83 | 163 | / |
| van der Geijs | 80 | 11 | / |
| van der Giese | 80 | 1 | / |
| van der Ste | 78 | 1 | / |
| van der Gier | 75 | 1 | / |
| van der Hecht | 72 | 25 | / |
| van der Zijst | 72 | 1 | / |
| van der Gyp | 70 | 1 | / |
| van der Sijs | 67 | 132 | / |
| van der Gijp | 67 | 117 | / |
| van der Zijp | 58 | 15 | / |
| van der Zijpp | 56 | 129 | / |
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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 de Geest
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