van Chau Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

van Chau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Chau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States381:9,538,393399,091
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

van Chau (11) may also be a first name.

van Chau Last Name Facts

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

van Chau occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

The surname is the 3,055,934th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of van Chau live; 95 percent live in North America and 93 percent live in Anglo-North America. van Chau is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 11 people.

It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 9,538,393. In The United States van Chau is most frequent in: Texas, where 39 percent are found, California, where 34 percent are found and Florida, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 5 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.

van Chau Last Name Statistics demography

van Chau earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 136.21% more than the national average, earning $101,922 USD per year.

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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 Chau
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