Voorpostel Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Voorpostel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 52 | 1:324,753 | 37,631 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Voorpostel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Voorpostel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Voorpostel is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Voorpostel? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,273,756th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 84 percent of Voorpostel live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 74 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 324,753. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Overijssel, where 85 percent are found, North Holland, where 13 percent are found and Limburg, where 2 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands Voorpostel exists in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 9 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verbestel | 63 | 208 | / |
| Verbustel | 63 | 125 | / |
| Verbeustel | 60 | 1 | / |
| Verpesdal | 53 | 10 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Voorpostel
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