van Dams Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
van Dams Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suriname | 102 | 1:5,418 | 1,247 |
| Netherlands | 28 | 1:603,113 | 52,179 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
van Dams Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Dams Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Dams occurs most in Suriname. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of van Dams.
How Common Is The Last Name van Dams? popularity and diffusion
van Dams is the 1,551,568th most numerous last name on earth, held by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 78 percent of van Dams live; 77 percent live in South America and 77 percent live in Gallo-Germanic South America.
This surname is most frequent in Suriname, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 5,418. Outside of Suriname it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Adams | 94 | 7 | / |
| van Daams | 94 | 1 | / |
| Vandams | 93 | 6 | / |
| Vandamas | 88 | 20 | / |
| Vanadams | 88 | 4 | / |
| Vandames | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Tams | 88 | 1 | / |
| Vandamasu | 82 | 7 | / |
| Vandammes | 82 | 2 | / |
| van Deans | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Danse | 82 | 0 | / |
| Vianna Damis | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Dam-Haas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vandhamasu | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Datins | 78 | 0 | / |
| Vonadams | 75 | 4 | / |
| Vandmose | 75 | 4 | / |
| Vandumas | 75 | 2 | / |
| Vandmias | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vandemas | 75 | 0 | / |
| Fani Daumas | 74 | 2 | / |
| Viana Dimas | 74 | 1 | / |
| Vannoyadams | 74 | 1 | / |
| Vandemies | 71 | 0 | / |
| Vianna Demas | 70 | 1 | / |
| Vianna Dimas | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Deynse | 67 | 212 | / |
| van Deinse | 67 | 90 | / |
| van Thomas | 67 | 13 | / |
| Venn-Adams | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vandimisse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vandemmess | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Deijnse | 63 | 1 | / |
| van Deynze | 56 | 219 | / |
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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 Dams
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