van Dekker Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
van Dekker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 35 | 1:482,491 | 46,668 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
van Dekker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Dekker Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Dekker is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Dekker? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,185,033rd most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of van Dekker live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 482,491. In The Netherlands van Dekker is mostly found in: North Holland, where 49 percent are found, South Holland, where 40 percent are found and Flevoland, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account The Netherlands van Dekker occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Aruba, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Decker | 90 | 41 | / |
| van Dekeer | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Dekeere | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Deyke | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Dyker | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Duyker | 80 | 90 | / |
| van Duiker | 80 | 9 | / |
| van Deicke | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Deketh | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Dyke | 78 | 5,681 | / |
| van Dike | 78 | 21 | / |
| van Duijker | 76 | 21 | / |
| van Dijke | 74 | 2,162 | / |
| van Dycke | 74 | 381 | / |
| van Dykes | 74 | 5 | / |
| van Dicke | 74 | 3 | / |
| van Duike | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Dhyke | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Desky | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Dijcke | 70 | 77 | / |
| von Diecke | 70 | 0 | / |
| Van-Dyke | 67 | 46 | / |
| von Dyke | 67 | 7 | / |
| Van-Dike | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Dyce | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Dice | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Dyky | 67 | 0 | / |
| von Duyke | 63 | 28 | / |
| Van-Dycke | 63 | 3 | / |
| van Dyche | 63 | 3 | / |
| van Dique | 63 | 0 | / |
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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 Dekker
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis