van Gemst Surname

1,497,948th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 140 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Gemst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Gemst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands981:172,31824,957
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Sweden101:984,67673,605
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

van Gemst Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Gemst is most common in The Netherlands. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

This surname is the 1,497,948th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of van Gemst live; 71 percent live in Western Europe and 71 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 98 people, or 1 in 172,318. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Zeeland, where 27 percent are found, Utrecht, where 18 percent are found and South Holland, where 14 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 8 percent are found and Sweden, where 7 percent are found.

van Gemst Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Gemst earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 46.26% more than the national average, earning 506,186 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 7.04% more than the national average, earning R 254,364 per year and in Canada they earn 9.99% more than the national average, earning $54,648 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Emst94353/
van Geems89128/
van Gimst89110/
van Heemst84267/
van Gens8238/
van Himst7846/
van Goens7823/
van Geens7823/
van Gaens7814/
van Genns780/
van Himste7474/
van Sens7116/
van Göns717/
van Gins711/
van Soens6755/
von Sims591/

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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 Gemst
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