van Heemst Surname

970,883rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 267 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Heemst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Heemst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2021:83,60013,946
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Belgium141:821,18966,436
England31:18,572,686338,250
Canada21:18,422,796409,488

van Heemst Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Heemst is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of van Heemst click here.

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

This last name is the 970,883rd most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 27,294,179 people. The last name van Heemst occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of van Heemst reside; 81 percent reside in Western Europe and 81 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 83,600. In The Netherlands it is most common in: South Holland, where 70 percent are found, North Holland, where 7 percent are found and North Brabant, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account The Netherlands it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.

van Heemst Last Name Statistics demography

van Heemst earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 40.21% more than the national average, earning $60,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Heems95148/
van Emst89353/
van Gemst84140/
van Geems84128/
van Himst8446/
van Himste8074/
van Enst78165/
van Amst781/
van Hens781/
van Gimst74110/
van Geens7423/
van Ens71109/
van Gens6738/
van Henz671/
Van-Enst671/
van Enns671/
van Heinz633/
van Genns630/
Van-Ens592/
van Gins561/
van Gains534/
van Goins531/

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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 Heemst
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