van Voorst Surname

176,240th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,429 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Voorst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Voorst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2,0161:8,3771,044
United States2081:1,742,591114,999
Canada521:708,56956,910
South Africa521:1,041,87963,251
Australia311:870,82953,581
Belgium161:718,54060,840
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
England41:13,929,515290,718
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
France11:66,422,722504,397
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:1,394,96375,931

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.

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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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