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 occurs in The Dominican Republic more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

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

The last name van Dan is the 2,121,169th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. van Dan occurs mostly in The Americas, where 58 percent of van Dan reside; 29 percent reside in Caribbean and 29 percent reside in Hispano-Caribbean. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 11 people.

The surname van Dan is most commonly used in The Dominican Republic, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 453,606. Aside from The Dominican Republic van Dan occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 28 percent live and Australia, where 13 percent live.

van Dan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of van Dan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the van Dan surname increased 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
  • 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 Dan
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