van Roest Surname
Approximately 382 people bear this surname
van Roest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 361 | 1:46,779 | 7,976 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Rest | 94 | 322 | / |
| van Roost | 89 | 320 | / |
| van Reest | 89 | 1 | / |
| van Roe | 88 | 10 | / |
| van Roey | 82 | 1,441 | / |
| van Raes | 82 | 95 | / |
| von Rost | 82 | 11 | / |
| van Roer | 82 | 6 | / |
| van Rijst | 78 | 37 | / |
| van Roeij | 78 | 5 | / |
| van Raust | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Rooie | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Rae | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Rooije | 74 | 4 | / |
| van Rooi | 71 | 6,604 | / |
| von Rohe | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Roay | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Rooijer | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Rooij | 67 | 6,640 | / |
| Van-Rooi | 59 | 1 | / |
| von Rooij | 56 | 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 Roest
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