van Hilst Surname
Approximately 415 people bear this surname
van Hilst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 340 | 1:49,668 | 8,498 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
van Hilst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Hilst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Hilst is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Hilst? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 707,442nd most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 17,560,352 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of van Hilst live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 340 people, or 1 in 49,668. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: North Holland, where 32 percent are found, North Brabant, where 29 percent are found and South Holland, where 19 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands van Hilst exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 6 percent are found and Belgium, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Hulst | 89 | 2,178 | / |
| van Gilst | 89 | 1,156 | / |
| van Hülst | 89 | 5 | / |
| van Heulst | 84 | 5 | / |
| van Gils | 82 | 7,819 | / |
| van Elst | 82 | 2,051 | / |
| van Ulst | 82 | 25 | / |
| van Ilse | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Gills | 78 | 11 | / |
| Van-Hulst | 78 | 6 | / |
| von Hülst | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Els | 75 | 509 | / |
| van Ells | 71 | 69 | / |
| van Gels | 71 | 42 | / |
| Van-Gils | 71 | 34 | / |
| van Else | 71 | 1 | / |
| Van-Elst | 71 | 1 | / |
| von Elst | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Geels | 67 | 2 | / |
| Von-Hülst | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Hilst
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