van der Poest Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
van der Poest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
van der Poest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Poest Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van der Poest is borne by more people in New Zealand than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Poest? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. van der Poest is mostly found in Europe, where 53 percent of van der Poest are found; 53 percent are found in Western Europe and 47 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.
The last name van der Poest is most frequent in New Zealand, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 646,903. In New Zealand it is most common in: Wellington Region, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account New Zealand this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 40 percent are found and France, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Post | 96 | 1,146 | / |
| van der Pest | 96 | 47 | / |
| vander Poest | 96 | 1 | / |
| van de Pest | 92 | 19 | / |
| Vanderpoest | 92 | 4 | / |
| van de Post | 92 | 0 | / |
| Vander-Poest | 88 | 2 | / |
| van der Ebst | 88 | 1 | / |
| van der Best | 88 | 1 | / |
| Vanderpost | 87 | 126 | / |
| van der Biest | 85 | 1,002 | / |
| van der Beist | 85 | 13 | / |
| van der Buest | 85 | 1 | / |
| Vanderboest | 83 | 1 | / |
| van der Biesth | 81 | 2 | / |
| vander Biest | 80 | 114 | / |
| van der Bist | 80 | 2 | / |
| van der Paer | 80 | 1 | / |
| vander Beist | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Derbeist | 80 | 1 | / |
| van-der Biest | 77 | 2 | / |
| van der-Biest | 77 | 2 | / |
| Vanderbiest | 75 | 243 | / |
| van de Paer | 75 | 160 | / |
| Vanderbeist | 75 | 8 | / |
| Vanderboost | 75 | 0 | / |
| Vander-Biest | 72 | 1 | / |
| Vanderbist | 70 | 238 | / |
| Vanderbast | 70 | 0 | / |
| Van-Der-Biest | 69 | 2 | / |
| Vanderbiste | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vane-Der-Biest | 67 | 3 | / |
| vander Buzetti | 67 | 1 | / |
| vander Buzato | 62 | 1 | / |
| Venderbast | 61 | 0 | / |
| vander Biazatti | 57 | 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 Poest
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