van Ams Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
van Ams Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suriname | 96 | 1:5,756 | 1,347 |
| Netherlands | 27 | 1:625,451 | 53,034 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Ams Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Ams Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Ams is found in Suriname more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Ams? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,620,164th most common surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 78 percent of van Ams reside; 77 percent reside in South America and 77 percent reside in Gallo-Germanic South America.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Suriname, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 5,756. Other than Suriname van Ams exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 22 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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