van Dawson Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van Dawson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Dawson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479

van Dawson Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Dawson is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The last name van Dawson is the 4,772,636th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of van Dawson live; 76 percent live in Southern Africa and 76 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name van Dawson is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 4,167,516. In South Africa van Dawson is most common in: Gauteng, where 92 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 8 percent are found. Beside South Africa this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent are found.

van Dawson Last Name Statistics demography

van Dawson earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 65.46% more than the national average, earning R 393,192 per year.

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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 Dawson
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