Van-Ham Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Van-Ham Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Van & Ham.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Van-Ham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
England11:55,718,059489,080

Van-Ham Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Van-Ham Come From? nationality or country of origin

Van-Ham occurs most in Spain. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Van-Ham? popularity and diffusion

Van-Ham is the 4,772,636th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Van-Ham live; 65 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 65 percent live in Iberian Europe.

This surname is most common in Spain, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 4,250,185. In Spain it is most frequent in: Canary Islands, where 100 percent live. Beside Spain this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 24 percent live and Algeria, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Van-Hamme8813/
van Ham864,607/
van Hahm802/
van Kham801/
van Hame800/
Van-An774/
van Hamme751,814/
van Hatem751/
Van-Khanh751/
van Hattem711,488/
van Hautem7118/
van Han717/
van Hom711/
Van-Hon711/
van Ame710/
von Hamm6716/
van Hang676/
Von-Hahn675/
van Hanh675/
van Chan675/
van Haan672/
Van-Hong671/
Van-Anne671/
von Haam671/
van Hann670/
van Home670/
van Haun670/

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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 Van-Ham
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