van Zielst Surname

2,121,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Zielst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Zielst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands781:216,50229,188
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Zielst Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van Zielst Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname van Zielst is found most in The Netherlands. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of van Zielst.

How Common Is The Last Name van Zielst? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,121,169th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of van Zielst are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 216,502. In The Netherlands van Zielst is most prevalent in: South Holland, where 87 percent are found, Utrecht, where 9 percent are found and North Brabant, where 1 percent are found. Other than The Netherlands van Zielst exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Zelst951,352/
van Zeelst90156/
van Gilst841,156/
van Selst84171/
van Giels84113/
van Celst8451/
van Gils787,819/
van Gels7842/
van Gilse74114/
van Gills7411/
Van-Gils6734/
Van-Gilse631/
von Selz568/

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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
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  • 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 Zielst
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