van der Kwast Surname
Approximately 441 people bear this surname
van der Kwast Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 372 | 1:45,396 | 7,721 |
| Australia | 28 | 1:964,132 | 57,058 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
van der Kwast Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Kwast Come From? nationality or country of origin
van der Kwast occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Kwast? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 676,370th most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 16,525,047 people. The surname van der Kwast occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of van der Kwast are found; 85 percent are found in Western Europe and 85 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 372 people, or 1 in 45,396. In The Netherlands van der Kwast is mostly concentrated in: North Holland, where 25 percent live, Gelderland, where 18 percent live and South Holland, where 17 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands van der Kwast occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 6 percent live and Sweden, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Kast | 96 | 5 | / |
| Vanderkwast | 92 | 21 | / |
| van der Kust | 88 | 87 | / |
| van der Kist | 88 | 51 | / |
| van der Gast | 88 | 2 | / |
| van der Gaast | 85 | 425 | / |
| van der Quast | 85 | 51 | / |
| van der Kiste | 85 | 6 | / |
| vander Gast | 83 | 4 | / |
| Vander Kist | 83 | 0 | / |
| van der Weigst | 81 | 1 | / |
| vander Gaast | 80 | 8 | / |
| van der Gust | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vandergast | 78 | 71 | / |
| Vanderkist | 78 | 6 | / |
| van der Geest | 77 | 3,043 | / |
| van der Costa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vandergaast | 75 | 105 | / |
| Fander Gast | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vanderkiste | 75 | 0 | / |
| vander Augusto | 74 | 8 | / |
| vander Costa | 72 | 30 | / |
| van Dergeest | 72 | 2 | / |
| vander Cuzat | 72 | 1 | / |
| Vandergust | 70 | 21 | / |
| Fandergast | 70 | 15 | / |
| Vandergost | 70 | 1 | / |
| Vandercost | 70 | 0 | / |
| von der Geest | 69 | 42 | / |
| Vanderguste | 67 | 26 | / |
| Vandercoest | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vanderquist | 67 | 0 | / |
| Voendergast | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vndaer Gaast | 64 | 6 | / |
| Fendergast | 61 | 0 | / |
| Vintergasst | 58 | 0 | / |
| Fender Costa | 56 | 2 | / |
| Vandricsshat | 56 | 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 Kwast
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