van Black Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

van Black Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Black Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States331:1,521,77881,120

van Black Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Black is found most frequently in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

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

This surname is the 5,391,485th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. van Black is predominantly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of van Black are found; 85 percent are found in North America and 85 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name van Black is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 32,950,812. In The United States van Black is primarily found in: Illinois, where 27 percent reside, Michigan, where 18 percent reside and Missouri, where 18 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 8 percent reside and South Africa, where 8 percent reside.

van Black Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of van Black has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the van Black surname declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Vlack89190/
van Blake8923/
van Block897/
von Black896/
van Blaks890/
van Blaik890/
van Vlake7812/
Van-Vlack784/
von Block782/
Van-Blake782/
van Vlaak781/
von Blake780/
van Vlock780/
van Vleak780/
van Vlag711/
van Wellagh601/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Black
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