van Roost Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
van Roost Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 299 | 1:38,450 | 6,287 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
van Roost Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Roost Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Roost is most common in Belgium. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of van Roost.
How Common Is The Last Name van Roost? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 853,416th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,773,581 people. The last name van Roost occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of van Roost are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 83 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is carried by 299 people, or 1 in 38,450. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 87 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 12 percent live and Walloon Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Belgium it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 3 percent live and The Netherlands, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Roos | 94 | 129 | / |
| van Root | 94 | 2 | / |
| van Roest | 89 | 382 | / |
| van Roose | 89 | 108 | / |
| van Roodt | 89 | 99 | / |
| van Roste | 89 | 29 | / |
| van Roo | 88 | 132 | / |
| van Ros | 88 | 58 | / |
| van Rot | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Rooy | 82 | 6,951 | / |
| van Ross | 82 | 638 | / |
| van Rood | 82 | 62 | / |
| von Rost | 82 | 11 | / |
| Van-Roos | 82 | 8 | / |
| van Rose | 82 | 3 | / |
| van Rotz | 82 | 2 | / |
| van Rooj | 82 | 1 | / |
| von Roos | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Roox | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Roth | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Ro | 80 | 48 | / |
| van Rooij | 78 | 6,640 | / |
| van Rosse | 78 | 113 | / |
| Van-Roose | 78 | 11 | / |
| van Rouse | 78 | 1 | / |
| Van-Roodt | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Rooie | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Raust | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Raste | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Roy | 75 | 4,870 | / |
| van Ras | 75 | 285 | / |
| van Rox | 75 | 6 | / |
| von Roo | 75 | 4 | / |
| van Roi | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Rooije | 74 | 4 | / |
| von Rotz | 71 | 1,445 | / |
| van Roij | 71 | 709 | / |
| von Roth | 71 | 71 | / |
| van Rath | 71 | 57 | / |
| van Raat | 71 | 26 | / |
| Van-Rooy | 71 | 15 | / |
| van Raht | 71 | 2 | / |
| von Ross | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Rass | 71 | 1 | / |
| Van-Rose | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Reus | 71 | 1 | / |
| von Rooy | 71 | 1 | / |
| von Rohs | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Reuth | 67 | 47 | / |
| van Raath | 67 | 15 | / |
| von Rooij | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Raate | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Roost
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