van der Nest Surname
Approximately 2,677 people bear this surname
van der Nest Surname User-submission:
The surname van der Nest means 'from the nest'. It comes from the name of a small village called De Nest, Netherlands. The name of the village means 'the nest'. It got this name from its location in a valley between two mountains. It is used by Dutch descendants (Boers, Afrikaners) in South Africa.
van der Nest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2,514 | 1:21,550 | 2,731 |
| Australia | 68 | 1:396,996 | 32,204 |
| Canada | 34 | 1:1,083,694 | 79,951 |
| Zimbabwe | 33 | 1:467,825 | 39,606 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
van der Nest Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname van der Nest means 'from the nest'. It comes from the name of a small village called De Nest, Netherlands. The name of the village means 'the nest'. It got this name from its location in a valley between two mountains. It is used by Dutch descendants (Boers, Afrikaners) in South Africa.
- zane_vdn7van der Nest Demographics
Average van der Nest Salary in
England
£25,747
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
van der Nest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Nest Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van der Nest is found most in South Africa. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of van der Nest click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Nest? popularity and diffusion
van der Nest is the 162,470th most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,722,281 people. van der Nest occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of van der Nest reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,514 people, or 1 in 21,550. In South Africa van der Nest is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 43 percent reside, Western Cape, where 11 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 9 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 3 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
van der Nest Last Name Statistics demography
The amount van der Nest earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 75.61% more than the national average, earning R 417,324 per year and in Canada they earn 14.14% more than the national average, earning $56,707 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Net | 96 | 385 | / |
| van de Nest | 96 | 2 | / |
| van der Neut | 92 | 1,744 | / |
| van der Niet | 92 | 914 | / |
| van der Ness | 92 | 79 | / |
| van der Nist | 92 | 40 | / |
| van de Neste | 92 | 10 | / |
| van de Nes | 91 | 243 | / |
| van de Net | 91 | 1 | / |
| van de Nesse | 83 | 40 | / |
| van der Neer | 83 | 21 | / |
| van de Nitte | 75 | 9 | / |
| van der Nooy | 75 | 1 | / |
| van der Nooij | 72 | 15 | / |
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