van Gimst Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
van Gimst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 100 | 1:168,872 | 24,561 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
van Gimst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Gimst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Gimst is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of van Gimst.
How Common Is The Last Name van Gimst? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Gimst is the 1,746,159th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Gimst live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.
van Gimst is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 100 people, or 1 in 168,872. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Zeeland, where 29 percent reside, Flevoland, where 18 percent reside and North Brabant, where 16 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 6 percent reside and Belgium, where 3 percent reside.
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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
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