van Foreest Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
van Foreest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 39 | 1:433,005 | 44,158 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
van Foreest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Foreest Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Foreest is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Foreest? popularity and diffusion
van Foreest is the 2,979,664th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of van Foreest live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 433,005. In The Netherlands van Foreest is primarily found in: North Holland, where 44 percent are found, South Holland, where 28 percent are found and Gelderland, where 13 percent are found. Other than The Netherlands this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 5 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van-Foreest | 91 | 1 | / |
| van Vorheest | 87 | 0 | / |
| van Vorest | 86 | 0 | / |
| van Fore | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Vorhees | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Vores | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Voret | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Voorhees | 78 | 102 | / |
| van Fourie | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Vorhes | 76 | 0 | / |
| van Vore | 74 | 2 | / |
| van Vorhies | 73 | 0 | / |
| van Voorhes | 73 | 0 | / |
| van Vorhess | 73 | 0 | / |
| van Vorheas | 73 | 0 | / |
| van Vorheis | 73 | 0 | / |
| van Voore | 70 | 40 | / |
| van Voris | 70 | 39 | / |
| van Voorhies | 70 | 18 | / |
| van Voorheis | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Voorhess | 70 | 1 | / |
| Van-Voorhees | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Voire | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Vares | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Voorhist | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Vorhis | 67 | 21 | / |
| van Vooris | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Vhoris | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Voorhis | 64 | 311 | / |
| van Vorrhis | 64 | 1 | / |
| van Voohris | 64 | 1 | / |
| van Voorish | 64 | 0 | / |
| van Voorhiss | 61 | 0 | / |
| Van-Voris | 60 | 3 | / |
| von Vorys | 60 | 1 | / |
| van Varis | 60 | 0 | / |
| Van-Voorhis | 55 | 3 | / |
| von Farra | 50 | 14 | / |
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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 Foreest
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