van Roest Surname

751,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 382 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Roest Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Roest Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3611:46,7797,976
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
England51:11,143,612252,590
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Roest Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Roest occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The surname is the 751,291st most widespread family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 19,077,345 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of van Roest live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 361 people, or 1 in 46,779. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Gelderland, where 37 percent are found, Utrecht, where 29 percent are found and South Holland, where 20 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Rest94322/
van Roost89320/
van Reest891/
van Roe8810/
van Roey821,441/
van Raes8295/
von Rost8211/
van Roer826/
van Rijst7837/
van Roeij785/
van Raust781/
van Rooie781/
van Rae751/
van Rooije744/
van Rooi716,604/
von Rohe711/
van Roay711/
van Rooijer701/
van Rooij676,640/
Van-Rooi591/
von Rooij561/

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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 Roest
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