van Bo Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Qatar

van Bo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Bo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa391:1,389,17274,222
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

van Bo Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Bo has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

This surname is the 2,776,799th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of van Bo live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 1,389,172. In South Africa van Bo is most common in: Western Cape, where 100 percent live. Beside South Africa van Bo is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 12 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

van Bo Last Name Statistics demography

van Bo earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.58% less than the national average, earning R 181,608 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Bos92237/
van Boo9215/
van Boi921/
van Bost86156/
van Boyd8628/
van Both867/
van Booy862/
van Bodd861/
van Vo83197/
van Ba835/
van Bosch801,190/
van Boost8019/
van Vos7711/
van Woy7710/
van Voo773/
van Voy773/
van Wou772/
von Boa771/
van Bau771/
van Wout7181/
von Boch7130/
von Both7114/
Van-Boyd7111/
van Bach7111/
van Baas716/
van Vuot711/
van Bass711/
van Wood711/
von Boht711/
Van-Bost711/
van Vost710/
van Baast67338/
van Baush675/
Van-Vo673/
von Bosch671/
van Woudt671/
van Beaux671/
van Voust670/

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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 Bo
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