van Dan Surname

2,121,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Dominican Republic
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

van Dan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Dan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Vietnam51:18,529,2113,282
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

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

van Dan Last Name Facts

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

van Dan is more frequently found in The Dominican Republic than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of van Dan click here.

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

The surname van Dan is the 2,121,169th most widely held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. van Dan is primarily found in The Americas, where 58 percent of van Dan are found; 29 percent are found in Caribbean and 29 percent are found in Hispano-Caribbean. van Dan is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 11 people.

This surname is most commonly used in The Dominican Republic, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 453,606. Apart from The Dominican Republic this surname occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent are found and Australia, where 13 percent are found.

van Dan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of van Dan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 147 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Dan
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