van Cang Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Cang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Cang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium411:280,40633,354
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Cang (13) may also be a first name.

van Cang Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Cang is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The surname is the 3,017,195th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname van Cang is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of van Cang are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 60 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name globally, borne by 13 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 280,406. In Belgium van Cang is primarily found in: Brussels Capital Region, where 39 percent live, Flemish Region, where 39 percent live and Walloon Region, where 22 percent live. Aside from Belgium van Cang is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live.

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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 Cang
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