van Selst Surname
Approximately 171 people bear this surname
van Selst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 161 | 1:104,889 | 16,937 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Selst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Selst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Selst is most common in The Netherlands. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Selst? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Selst is the 1,315,412th most commonly used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. The surname van Selst is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of van Selst live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Selst is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 161 people, or 1 in 104,889. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: North Brabant, where 58 percent are found, Limburg, where 14 percent are found and South Holland, where 10 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands van Selst is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 4 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Zelst | 89 | 1,352 | / |
| van Celst | 89 | 51 | / |
| van Zeelst | 84 | 156 | / |
| van Zielst | 84 | 79 | / |
| van Zeilst | 84 | 1 | / |
| Vanzelst | 82 | 69 | / |
| Vancelst | 82 | 9 | / |
| Vanesselsti | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Gilst | 78 | 1,156 | / |
| Vanzielst | 78 | 16 | / |
| Vanzeelst | 78 | 3 | / |
| Vanzelest | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Schils | 74 | 1 | / |
| von Selz | 71 | 8 | / |
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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 Selst
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