van Forst Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
van Forst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Forst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Forst Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Forst is found most frequently in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Forst? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Forst is the 6,723,624th most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of van Forst live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Forst is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 13,417,576. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent live. Outside of Germany this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Vorst | 89 | 263 | / |
| van Voorst | 84 | 2,429 | / |
| van Forsch | 84 | 5 | / |
| van Vorrst | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Vors | 82 | 6 | / |
| van Vurst | 78 | 15 | / |
| van Verst | 78 | 9 | / |
| von Vorst | 78 | 1 | / |
| Van-Vorst | 78 | 1 | / |
| von Fürst | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Varst | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Force | 78 | 0 | / |
| von Ferscht | 70 | 2 | / |
| von Vaerst | 53 | 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 Forst
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