de Gans Surname

447,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 762 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Gans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Gans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands7161:23,5853,810
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
England21:27,859,030389,889
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013

de Gans Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Gans is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Gans? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 447,229th most common family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,563,709 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of de Gans are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 716 people, or 1 in 23,585. In The Netherlands de Gans is most numerous in: South Holland, where 42 percent are found, Utrecht, where 24 percent are found and North Holland, where 11 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent are found and New Zealand, where 1 percent are found.

de Gans Last Name Statistics demography

de Gans earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 1.87% less than the national average, earning $48,755 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Gams861/
de Hans861/
de Gons861/
de Gance801/
de Heans801/
de Ons7716/
da Ans771/
de Assins751/
der Hanse751/
des Haans750/
de Ance7119/
de Goumëns716/
de Anche6710/
de Hance670/
de Oms6215/
de Onze571/

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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 de Gans
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