van der Iest Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
van der Iest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 161 | 1:104,889 | 16,937 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van der Iest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Iest Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van der Iest is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Iest? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,359,010th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 44,708,871 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of van der Iest live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name van der Iest is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 161 people, or 1 in 104,889. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Friesland, where 78 percent reside, North Holland, where 9 percent reside and Groningen, where 4 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Est | 96 | 222 | / |
| van der Oest | 92 | 181 | / |
| van der Jest | 92 | 11 | / |
| van der Es | 91 | 157 | / |
| van der Geest | 88 | 3,043 | / |
| van der Hoest | 88 | 105 | / |
| van der Haest | 88 | 8 | / |
| van de Geest | 83 | 194 | / |
| van der Esch | 83 | 179 | / |
| van der Hust | 83 | 14 | / |
| von der Geest | 80 | 42 | / |
| van der Hecht | 80 | 25 | / |
| van der Geijs | 80 | 11 | / |
| van der Heijer | 77 | 1 | / |
| von der Esch | 75 | 28 | / |
| von der Ehe | 70 | 7 | / |
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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 Iest
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