van Foreest Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Foreest Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Foreest Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands391:433,00544,158
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

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 carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of van Foreest.

How Common Is The Last Name van Foreest? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,979,664th most widespread last name internationally, held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name van Foreest is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of van Foreest are found; 93 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 433,005. In The Netherlands van Foreest is primarily found in: North Holland, where 44 percent live, South Holland, where 28 percent live and Gelderland, where 13 percent live. Besides The Netherlands it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 5 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

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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
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  • 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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