Verhestraeten Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Verhestraeten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 82 | 1:140,203 | 20,001 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Verhestraeten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Verhestraeten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Verhestraeten is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Verhestraeten? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,061,309th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Verhestraeten are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most common in Belgium, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 140,203. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent live and Walloon Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Belgium it occurs in one country. It is also common in Spain, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verstraeten | 92 | 8,272 | / |
| Vrestraeten | 92 | 1 | / |
| Verhoustraeten | 89 | 112 | / |
| Vierstraeten | 88 | 3 | / |
| Verstreaeten | 88 | 2 | / |
| ver Straeten | 88 | 2 | / |
| Verstraetaen | 88 | 1 | / |
| Veerstraeten | 88 | 1 | / |
| Verstraten | 87 | 1,743 | / |
| Verstreten | 87 | 1 | / |
| Verstraaten | 83 | 955 | / |
| ver Straten | 83 | 21 | / |
| Verstreaten | 83 | 1 | / |
| Verstreyden | 75 | 21 | / |
| Vierstra-Otten | 74 | 1 | / |
| Verstryden | 70 | 5 | / |
| Farstraten | 70 | 1 | / |
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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 Verhestraeten
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