van Geresteijn Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Geresteijn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Geresteijn Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1331:126,97119,799
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

van Geresteijn Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Geresteijn is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of van Geresteijn.

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

The surname is the 1,537,949th most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Geresteijn reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 126,971. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: Gelderland, where 74 percent are found, Utrecht, where 24 percent are found and North Brabant, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Gerestein965/
van Geerestein9351/
van Geresteyn8950/

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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 Geresteijn
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