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 has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

van Zielst is the 2,121,169th most widely held last name in the world, held by around 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.

This last name is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 216,502. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: South Holland, where 87 percent reside, Utrecht, where 9 percent reside and North Brabant, where 1 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.

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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