van Heijst Surname
Approximately 1,106 people bear this surname
van Heijst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1,065 | 1:15,857 | 2,419 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
van Heijst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Heijst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Heijst occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Heijst? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 333,948th most numerous surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 6,589,101 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Heijst live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Heijst is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 1,065 people, or 1 in 15,857. In The Netherlands van Heijst is primarily found in: North Brabant, where 41 percent are found, South Holland, where 18 percent are found and North Holland, where 13 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands it is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 1 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.
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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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