van Moorst Surname

1,085,744th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 227 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Moorst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Moorst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1811:93,29915,307
Australia331:818,05251,601
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

van Moorst Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van Moorst Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name van Moorst is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name van Moorst? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,085,744th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,103,727 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 80 percent of van Moorst reside; 80 percent reside in Western Europe and 80 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 93,299. In The Netherlands van Moorst is mostly concentrated in: North Holland, where 48 percent reside, Gelderland, where 17 percent reside and South Holland, where 12 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 15 percent reside and South Africa, where 5 percent reside.

van Moorst Last Name Statistics demography

van Moorst earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.5% more than the national average, earning R 338,640 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
von Mors782/
van Meurs743,120/
van Marsh741/
von Morss741/
van Meurss701/
van Marx673/
von Morze634/
Van-Meurs631/
van Marche603/
von Marx564/

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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 Moorst
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