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
van Selst occurs most in The Netherlands. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Selst? popularity and diffusion
van Selst is the 1,315,412th most widespread family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 42,617,228 people. The last name van Selst occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of van Selst are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 161 people, or 1 in 104,889. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: North Brabant, where 58 percent live, Limburg, where 14 percent live and South Holland, where 10 percent live. Beside The Netherlands this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 4 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.
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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