van Leest Surname
Approximately 946 people bear this surname
van Leest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 750 | 1:22,516 | 3,611 |
| Australia | 144 | 1:187,470 | 18,739 |
| Belgium | 36 | 1:319,351 | 36,407 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Leest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Leest Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Leest is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Leest? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 377,677th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 7,703,537 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 84 percent of van Leest reside; 83 percent reside in Western Europe and 83 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 750 people, or 1 in 22,516. In The Netherlands van Leest is most prevalent in: North Brabant, where 43 percent reside, South Holland, where 28 percent reside and Gelderland, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands van Leest occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 15 percent reside and Belgium, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Leet | 94 | 2 | / |
| van Leeth | 89 | 2 | / |
| van Lee | 88 | 402 | / |
| van Let | 88 | 34 | / |
| van Leer | 82 | 706 | / |
| van Leth | 82 | 226 | / |
| van Lies | 82 | 37 | / |
| van Leys | 82 | 1 | / |
| van List | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Leit | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Le | 80 | 407 | / |
| van Laast | 78 | 7 | / |
| van Leath | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Lease | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Lit | 75 | 579 | / |
| van Lis | 75 | 111 | / |
| von Lee | 75 | 5 | / |
| van Lie | 75 | 5 | / |
| van Leu | 75 | 2 | / |
| van Lys | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Ler | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Lith | 71 | 2,940 | / |
| van Luit | 71 | 305 | / |
| van Loey | 71 | 168 | / |
| van Luyt | 71 | 95 | / |
| von Lehe | 71 | 36 | / |
| von Leer | 71 | 2 | / |
| Van-Leer | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Lidt | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Hlei | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Litt | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Liss | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Leij | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Luis | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Lyce | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Liej | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Lise | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Luijt | 67 | 145 | / |
| van Lidth | 67 | 90 | / |
| van Geele | 67 | 25 | / |
| van La | 67 | 12 | / |
| van Loeij | 67 | 10 | / |
| Van-Le | 67 | 7 | / |
| van Ly | 67 | 7 | / |
| von Leite | 67 | 6 | / |
| von Le | 67 | 3 | / |
| van Li | 67 | 3 | / |
| von Liszt | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Luydt | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Leiss | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Leach | 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
- 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 Leest
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