van den Dam Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
van den Dam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 128 | 1:131,931 | 20,423 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
van den Dam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van den Dam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van den Dam occurs most in The Netherlands. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van den Dam? popularity and diffusion
The surname van den Dam is the 1,565,797th most prevalent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. van den Dam is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of van den Dam live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 131,931. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: Gelderland, where 62 percent are found, North Brabant, where 13 percent are found and Utrecht, where 11 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent are found and Aruba, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van den Damme | 92 | 2 | / |
| Vandendam | 90 | 19 | / |
| Vandendamme | 82 | 2 | / |
| van Duindam | 82 | 1 | / |
| van den Donk | 78 | 56 | / |
| van den Doon | 78 | 4 | / |
| Vandendoom | 76 | 3 | / |
| Vandenttam | 76 | 2 | / |
| Vandandamo | 76 | 1 | / |
| Vandendoome | 73 | 1 | / |
| van Dundem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vandenhoutma | 61 | 1 | / |
| Vendindam | 60 | 1 | / |
| van Duyn-de Mooy | 59 | 1 | / |
| Vondandamo | 57 | 77 | / |
| Vo Ndandamo | 55 | 1 | / |
| Phaendintham | 52 | 4 | / |
| Fontana Adam | 52 | 2 | / |
| Vendantam | 50 | 8 | / |
| Vendindem | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 den Dam
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