van Heester Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
van Heester Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 55 | 1:209,030 | 27,072 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
van Heester Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Heester Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Heester occurs more in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Heester? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,483,783rd most commonly used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The surname van Heester occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of van Heester live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most widespread in Belgium, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 209,030. In Belgium it is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 96 percent live and Walloon Region, where 4 percent live. Besides Belgium this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Tunisia, where 7 percent live and Spain, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Eester | 95 | 430 | / |
| van Heyster | 91 | 43 | / |
| van Heste | 90 | 31 | / |
| van Ester | 90 | 3 | / |
| van Heijster | 87 | 247 | / |
| van Heyste | 86 | 105 | / |
| van Haster | 86 | 5 | / |
| von Hester | 86 | 3 | / |
| van Heiste | 86 | 2 | / |
| van Esther | 86 | 2 | / |
| van Haaster | 82 | 1,125 | / |
| van Heather | 82 | 2 | / |
| van Heijste | 82 | 1 | / |
| Van-Chester | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Eastere | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Exter | 80 | 205 | / |
| van Aster | 80 | 30 | / |
| van Geete | 80 | 28 | / |
| van Eiter | 80 | 13 | / |
| van Oster | 80 | 8 | / |
| van Jeter | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Estes | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Hyste | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Hijste | 76 | 3 | / |
| von Esther | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Ette | 74 | 30 | / |
| van Esta | 74 | 14 | / |
| van Huystee | 73 | 162 | / |
| van Geijter | 73 | 1 | / |
| van Geyte | 70 | 383 | / |
| van Huijstee | 70 | 216 | / |
| van Uiter | 70 | 4 | / |
| von Aster | 70 | 4 | / |
| van Hytte | 70 | 1 | / |
| von Oster | 70 | 1 | / |
| Van-Exter | 70 | 1 | / |
| von Etter | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Hetta | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Uitert | 67 | 552 | / |
| van Uytert | 67 | 9 | / |
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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 Heester
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