van Dorst Surname
Approximately 2,680 people bear this surname
van Dorst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2,218 | 1:7,614 | 920 |
| Belgium | 395 | 1:29,105 | 4,687 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
van Dorst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Dorst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Dorst is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Dorst? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 162,308th most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,719,234 people. The last name van Dorst is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of van Dorst live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
van Dorst is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 2,218 people, or 1 in 7,614. In The Netherlands van Dorst is primarily concentrated in: North Brabant, where 61 percent reside, South Holland, where 12 percent reside and Gelderland, where 7 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands it is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 15 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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