van Burgh Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Burgh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Burgh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands771:219,31429,463
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

van Burgh Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Burgh is most common in The Netherlands. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

It is the 2,106,139th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of van Burgh reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 219,314. In The Netherlands it is most common in: South Holland, where 49 percent live, Zeeland, where 30 percent live and North Brabant, where 6 percent live. Not including The Netherlands this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Burg94333/
van Bergh8936/
van Burgt8912/
van Bourg894/
van Borgh891/
von Burgh890/
von Burg821,193/
van Burk82359/
van Berg82234/
van Borg822/
von Bergh7825/
van Burck7817/
van Burke781/
von Berg71804/
van Berk71280/
van Bork71126/
van Bürk7131/
van Bark715/
Von-Burg711/
van Bürck6732/
van Berck6715/
von Burke672/
van Verk5935/
von Borck5619/

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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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  • 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 Burgh
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