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 surname van der Iest is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Iest? popularity and diffusion
The last name van der Iest is the 1,359,010th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 44,708,871 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of van der Iest reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 161 people, or 1 in 104,889. In The Netherlands van der Iest is most common in: Friesland, where 78 percent reside, North Holland, where 9 percent reside and Groningen, where 4 percent reside. Other than The Netherlands this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found 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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