van Caer Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Caer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Caer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium651:176,87123,883
Norway21:2,571,14395,402

van Caer Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Caer occurs in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

van Caer is the 2,333,370th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. The surname van Caer is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Caer reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 176,871. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent are found. Barring Belgium van Caer is found in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Kaer8814/
van Caet8813/
van Cear880/
van Kaert8214/
van Coe801/
van Keer751,263/
van Cour7518/
van Kaur751/
van Koert71466/
van Court7184/
von Saher7113/
von Kier631/
van Khoe631/
van Khoai591/
van Kooi50137/
van Khôi501/

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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 Caer
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