van den Ross Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
van den Ross Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
van den Ross Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van den Ross Come From? nationality or country of origin
van den Ross is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van den Ross? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name van den Ross is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of van den Ross reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name van den Ross is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa van den Ross is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 80 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 20 percent live. Excluding South Africa it is found in one country. It is also common in Namibia, where 44 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van den Roost | 88 | 1 | / |
| van den Ryse | 83 | 4 | / |
| van den Roux | 83 | 1 | / |
| van den Rijse | 80 | 94 | / |
| van den Raad | 75 | 44 | / |
| Vandenoriess | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Duyn-Ros | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vandenryse | 73 | 5 | / |
| van den Raadt | 72 | 34 | / |
| van Duijn-Ros | 72 | 1 | / |
| van Duyne-Roos | 69 | 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 Ross
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