van Dat Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

van Dat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Dat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382

van Dat (38) may also be a first name.

van Dat Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Dat is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

This last name is the 7,593,402nd most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. van Dat occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of van Dat reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 83 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,662,754th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 38 people.

The last name is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 5,898,845. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Kuala Lumpur, where 60 percent reside, Penang, where 20 percent reside and Selangor, where 20 percent reside. Outside of Malaysia van Dat is found in one country. It also occurs in Vietnam, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Dath931/
van Da929/
van Dai8610/
van Das866/
van Daa865/
van Dau862/
van Day861/
van Dost803/
van Dach800/
von Da7758/
van Do7712/
van Dô771/
von Daudt752/
van Deist751/
van Dop71588/
van Dey714/
van Dou712/
von das711/
van Doi711/
Van-Dau711/
van Dos711/
von Day711/
van Doo710/
von Dach67495/
Van-Dash676/
van Dopp672/
van Dood672/
van Doss671/
von D'Ahe631/
Van-Do6230/
von Do627/
von Dos5725/
Van-Dou5710/

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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 Dat
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