van Voorst Surname
Approximately 2,429 people bear this surname
van Voorst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2,016 | 1:8,377 | 1,044 |
| United States | 208 | 1:1,742,591 | 114,999 |
| Canada | 52 | 1:708,569 | 56,910 |
| South Africa | 52 | 1:1,041,879 | 63,251 |
| Australia | 31 | 1:870,829 | 53,581 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 36 | 1:1,394,963 | 75,931 |
van Voorst Demographics
Average van Voorst Salary in
United States
$80,788 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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van Voorst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Voorst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Voorst is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of van Voorst.
How Common Is The Last Name van Voorst? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 176,240th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 3,000,225 people. The last name van Voorst occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of van Voorst live; 84 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Voorst is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 2,016 people, or 1 in 8,377. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Gelderland, where 25 percent are found, North Holland, where 19 percent are found and South Holland, where 16 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands it is found in 19 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.
van Voorst Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of van Voorst has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the van Voorst last name increased 578 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
van Voorst Last Name Statistics demography
The amount van Voorst earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 41.48% more than the national average, earning R 336,216 per year; in United States they earn 87.23% more than the national average, earning $80,788 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.66% more than the national average, earning $55,972 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Vorst | 95 | 263 | / |
| van Vorrst | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Vors | 89 | 6 | / |
| van Vurst | 84 | 15 | / |
| van Borst | 84 | 8 | / |
| van Forst | 84 | 8 | / |
| van Vorse | 84 | 1 | / |
| Van-Vorst | 84 | 1 | / |
| von Vorst | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Varst | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Worst | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Vorce | 74 | 24 | / |
| van Borsch | 70 | 2 | / |
| van Baars | 63 | 383 | / |
| von Borsch | 60 | 1 | / |
| von Woyrsch | 57 | 1 | / |
| Van-Baars | 53 | 4 | / |
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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 Voorst
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