van Damme Surname

31,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,731 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Damme Surname Definition:

(Dutch) Dweller on, or near, the dam or dike.

van Damme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium12,7181:90426
Netherlands1,9321:8,7411,103
France6541:101,56414,932
Canada4531:81,3379,068
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
United States1811:2,002,536128,575
Australia1341:201,46019,724
South Africa911:595,35945,471
Luxembourg631:9,2151,495
Argentina591:724,46549,289
Spain411:1,140,29440,056
England351:1,591,94567,242
Brazil341:6,296,304151,940
Israel201:427,88233,464
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Hungary121:818,02342,199
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
China41:341,830,39216,990
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

van Damme (41) may also be a first name.

van Damme Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch) Dweller on, or near, the dam or dike.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

van Damme Last Name Facts

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

van Damme is found most in Belgium. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

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

It is the 31,878th most frequent family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 435,571 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of van Damme live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 77 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,590,275th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 41 people.

It is most numerous in Belgium, where it is borne by 12,718 people, or 1 in 904. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 86 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 8 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Belgium this surname is found in 61 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 12 percent are found and France, where 4 percent are found.

van Damme Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of van Damme has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the van Damme last name increased 1,293 percent between 1880 and 2014.

van Damme Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Damme earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 137.15% more than the national average, earning R 563,568 per year; in United States they earn 29.3% more than the national average, earning $55,793 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.38% less than the national average, earning $43,532 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Dame9464/
van Damm9446/
Van-Damme89133/
van Daame890/
van Dam8820,962/
van Dommer840/
von Damm8227/
van Dahm8226/
Van-Damm8222/
van Daam8218/
Van-Dame822/
van Dama821/
van Dome821/
van Daym820/
Van-Dam7529/
van Dom754/
von Dommer740/
van Doom712/
Van-Daam711/
van Douma671/
van Dhomdt631/
von Doom598/
von Doymi566/

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