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 surname van de Geest is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of van de Geest.
How Common Is The Last Name van de Geest? popularity and diffusion
van de Geest is the 1,210,518th most widespread last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 37,564,670 people. van de Geest is mostly found in Europe, where 87 percent of van de Geest reside; 82 percent reside in Western Europe and 82 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 106,881. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Utrecht, where 38 percent are found, Gelderland, where 23 percent are found and South Holland, where 15 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 9 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.
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 | / |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis