van Berk Surname

937,786th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 280 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Berk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Berk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1801:93,81815,387
Germany901:894,50563,669
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

van Berk Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Berk is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

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

The last name is the 937,786th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of van Berk reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 180 people, or 1 in 93,818. In The Netherlands van Berk is most numerous in: South Holland, where 42 percent reside, North Holland, where 23 percent reside and North Brabant, where 10 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands van Berk occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 32 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

van Berk Last Name Statistics demography

van Berk earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In Canada they earn 66.07% more than the national average, earning $82,510 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Berck9415/
van Burk88359/
van Berg88234/
van Bork88126/
van Verk8835/
van Bürk8831/
van Bark885/
van Bergh8236/
van Bürck8232/
van Burck8217/
von Berg75804/
van Burg75333/
van Borg752/
van Burgh7180/
von Bergh7125/
von Borck7119/
van Bourg714/
van Borgh711/
von Burg631,193/
von Burgh590/
Von-Werc501/
Von-Burg501/

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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 Berk
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