van der Voorst Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van der Voorst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van der Voorst Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1201:140,72621,487
England21:27,859,030389,889
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

van der Voorst Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van der Voorst Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname van der Voorst is found most in The Netherlands. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van der Voorst? popularity and diffusion

The surname van der Voorst is the 1,628,521st most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van der Voorst live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 120 people, or 1 in 140,726. In The Netherlands van der Voorst is most numerous in: South Holland, where 63 percent live, North Holland, where 14 percent live and North Brabant, where 8 percent live. Barring The Netherlands it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van der Vorst962,210/
van de Voorst961/
van der Vorste932/
van de Vorst92537/
van der Borst89310/
van der Vurst89176/
van der Varst89118/
van der Worst891/
van der Vuurst86261/
van der Vaarst862/
van der Veurst862/
von der Forst8193/
van de Vuurst8163/
van de Vaarst819/
van der Borcht7925/
van der Baars7444/
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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 Voorst
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