van Ovost Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
van Ovost Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 52 | 1:324,753 | 37,631 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
van Ovost Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Ovost Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Ovost is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Ovost? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,506,728th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of van Ovost live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 324,753. In The Netherlands van Ovost is most numerous in: North Holland, where 38 percent are found, South Holland, where 27 percent are found and Gelderland, where 21 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanovost | 94 | 4 | / |
| van Ovos | 94 | 1 | / |
| van Vost | 94 | 0 | / |
| van Voast | 89 | 47 | / |
| van Obost | 89 | 4 | / |
| van Voust | 89 | 0 | / |
| van Voest | 89 | 0 | / |
| Vanvost | 88 | 0 | / |
| Vanvoast | 82 | 130 | / |
| van Vast | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Foest | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Vasst | 78 | 0 | / |
| Vanvast | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Habost | 74 | 17 | / |
| Vanviset | 71 | 1 | / |
| von Vest | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Avesaat | 70 | 20 | / |
| van Avesaath | 67 | 113 | / |
| van Aefst | 67 | 66 | / |
| Vanavisut | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vanfosset | 67 | 0 | / |
| Van-Habost | 63 | 1 | / |
| von O'Svath | 60 | 1 | / |
| van Hoba | 59 | 2 | / |
| von Abo | 50 | 171 | / |
| van Awa | 50 | 11 | / |
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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 Ovost
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