van der Au Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

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

van der Au Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van der Au Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

van der Au Last Name Facts

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

The last name van der Au is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name van der Au? popularity and diffusion

The surname van der Au is the 4,206,983rd most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of van der Au reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 2,579,891. In South Africa van der Au is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 57 percent reside, Northern Cape, where 29 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 5 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 5 percent reside.

van der Au Last Name Statistics demography

van der Au earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 427.6% more than the national average, earning R 1,253,780 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
  • 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 der Au
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