van de Plas Surname

769,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 370 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van de Plas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van de Plas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium2771:41,5046,803
Netherlands801:211,09028,733
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

van de Plas Last Name Facts

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

The surname van de Plas has its highest incidence in Belgium. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name van de Plas? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 769,129th most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 19,696,070 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of van de Plas reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 92 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is carried by 277 people, or 1 in 41,504. In Belgium van de Plas is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 93 percent live, Walloon Region, where 6 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Belgium this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

van de Plas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of van de Plas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the van de Plas surname rose 125 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 de Plas
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