von Diest Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

von Diest Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

von Diest Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

von Diest Last Name Facts

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

von Diest is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name von Diest? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,063,924th most widespread surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of von Diest reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 6,019,745. In South Africa von Diest is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 100 percent are found. Barring South Africa this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent are found.

von Diest Last Name Statistics demography

von Diest earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 70.49% less than the national average, earning R 70,128 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Diest891,929/
von Deest8918/
van Dist826/
von Dier821/
von Dietsch8010/
van Deest78218/
van Duist78174/
van Dietz786/
van Diese784/
van Deste781/
Van-Diest781/
van Deist781/
van Die75418/
von Dye751/
van Diep7117/
van Dije711/
van Dust710/
Van-Deste6713/
van Diejie6345/
van Dée637/
van Dye631/
van Gyes5920/
van Dyer593/
van Dehey567/
van Dehei566/

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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 von Diest
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