Verpoest Surname

695,980th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 424 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Verpoest Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Verpoest Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium3311:34,7335,646
France881:754,80492,996
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Verpoest Last Name Facts

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

Verpoest occurs in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Verpoest? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 695,980th most common last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 17,187,608 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Verpoest reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 69 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is carried by 331 people, or 1 in 34,733. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 89 percent live, Walloon Region, where 9 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent live. Apart from Belgium this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in France, where 21 percent live and Argentina, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Verbest8017/
Verbost808/
Verbiest753,551/
Verbeyst75182/
Verbeest7535/
Vorobest751/
Verbeist751/
Berpoe710/
Verbist673,979/
Verbošt6768/
Verbust6748/
Verbyst6721/
Forpost6713/

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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 Verpoest
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