Cognomen Diest (Diest 
) , in all the world, is quite a rare surname. The cognomen Diest is habitual in Netherlands, where it is quite a rare surname, Belgium, and Spain, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Netherlands, Belgium, and Indonesia. Much less frequently, Diest is the forename as well as the last name.
| gerhard van diest (b. 1150) |
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| arnold iii heer van diest (1180-1230) (b. 1180) |
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| jan van diest Dutch bishop, NL (b. 1300) |
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| everhard van diest Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1300) |
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guillaume ii de diest French Catholic priest (b. 1400) |
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| peter van diest Dutch writer, NL (b. 1454) |
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| andries van diest Dutch scientific instrument maker, BE (b. 1573) |
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| henricus van diest (b. 1595) |
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adriaen van diest Dutch painter (1655-1704), NL (b. 1655) |
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| heinrich und samuel v. diest (b. 1595) |
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| willem van diest Dutch painter (1610–1670), NL (b. 1610) |
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| samuel van diest (1631-1694) (b. 1631) |
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| friedrich wilhelm van diest (b. 1647) |
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| antoine van diest Dutch scientific instrument maker (b. 1659) |
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| johann julius diest (b. 1673) |
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