van der Biest Surname
Approximately 1,002 people bear this surname
van der Biest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 774 | 1:14,854 | 2,260 |
| Venezuela | 144 | 1:209,751 | 5,578 |
| France | 43 | 1:1,544,714 | 145,815 |
| Aruba | 18 | 1:5,749 | 789 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
van der Biest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Biest Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van der Biest is found most in Belgium. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Biest? popularity and diffusion
van der Biest is the 361,170th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 7,273,000 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of van der Biest reside; 82 percent reside in Western Europe and 74 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is borne by 774 people, or 1 in 14,854. In Belgium it is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Belgium this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Venezuela, where 14 percent reside and France, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Biesth | 96 | 2 | / |
| van der Bist | 96 | 2 | / |
| van der Best | 96 | 1 | / |
| van der Biet | 96 | 1 | / |
| van der Bie | 92 | 311 | / |
| van der Beist | 92 | 13 | / |
| van der-Biest | 92 | 2 | / |
| van-der Biest | 92 | 2 | / |
| van de Biesth | 92 | 1 | / |
| van der Buest | 92 | 1 | / |
| van der Vies | 88 | 39 | / |
| Van-Der-Biest | 85 | 2 | / |
| van der Bye | 83 | 1 | / |
| van der Biij | 80 | 1 | / |
| van de Vyet | 75 | 3 | / |
| van der Veé | 75 | 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 der Biest
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