van Heemstra Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
van Heemstra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 85 | 1:198,673 | 27,603 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
van Heemstra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Heemstra Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Heemstra is found most in The Netherlands. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of van Heemstra.
How Common Is The Last Name van Heemstra? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,955,159th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of van Heemstra reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 198,673. In The Netherlands van Heemstra is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 46 percent live, South Holland, where 32 percent live and Utrecht, where 16 percent live. Barring The Netherlands this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 2 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanheemstra | 96 | 3 | / |
| van Hiemstra | 92 | 1 | / |
| van Emster | 82 | 1 | / |
| von Emster | 73 | 13 | / |
| van Muster | 73 | 1 | / |
| van Master | 73 | 0 | / |
| Vonemster | 67 | 20 | / |
| Vanmaster | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanamster | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanmester | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vaynmaster | 64 | 19 | / |
| Vainmaster | 64 | 2 | / |
| von Meister | 61 | 30 | / |
| Vonmeister | 55 | 9 | / |
| Finemaster | 55 | 1 | / |
| Von-Meister | 52 | 1 | / |
| Finemeister | 52 | 0 | / |
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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 Heemstra
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