van Be Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

van Be Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Be Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Be (14) may also be a first name.

van Be Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van Be Come From? nationality or country of origin

van Be is found most frequently in Malaysia. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of van Be click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Be? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,063,924th most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of van Be live; 80 percent live in Southeast Asia and 60 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. van Be is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent given name on earth, borne by 14 people.

The surname van Be is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 4,915,704. In Malaysia it is most numerous in: Malacca, where 83 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Malaysia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Vietnam, where 20 percent reside and Belgium, where 10 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to van Be
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