van Block Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

van Block Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Block Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

van Block Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Block is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

This last name is the 7,117,718th most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 57 percent of van Block live; 57 percent live in Northern Europe and 57 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most widely held in England, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England van Block is most prevalent in: Staffordshire, where 100 percent live. Besides England this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent live and South Africa, where 14 percent live.

van Block Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of van Block has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the van Block last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Black8913/
von Block892/
van Vlock890/
van Vlack78190/
van Blake7823/
von Black786/
van Blaks780/
van Vluck780/
van Vlake6712/
Van-Vlack674/
Van-Blake672/
van Vlaak671/
von Blake670/
van Vlag591/
van Wellagh501/
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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 Block
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