van Can Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Can Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Can Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands701:241,24531,316
Belgium371:310,72035,739
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

van Can (14) may also be a first name.

van Can Last Name Facts

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

van Can occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

It is the 1,765,740th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. The surname van Can occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Can are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe. van Can is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held forename internationally. It is borne by 14 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 241,245. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Limburg, where 76 percent are found, North Brabant, where 11 percent are found and South Holland, where 11 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 34 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Can
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