van Forst Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

van Forst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Forst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Forst Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Forst is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

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

van Forst is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of van Forst reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 13,417,576. In Germany van Forst is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Van Vorst89263/
van Voorst842,429/
van Forsch845/
van Vorrst841/
van Vors826/
van Vurst7815/
van Verst789/
von Vorst781/
Van-Vorst781/
von Fürst781/
van Varst780/
van Force780/
von Ferscht702/
von Vaerst531/

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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 Forst
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