van der Blij Surname
Approximately 171 people bear this surname
van der Blij Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 160 | 1:105,545 | 17,044 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
van der Blij Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Blij Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van der Blij occurs most in The Netherlands. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Blij? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,315,412th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 42,617,228 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of van der Blij live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname van der Blij is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 160 people, or 1 in 105,545. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: South Holland, where 21 percent live, North Holland, where 18 percent live and North Brabant, where 16 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 2 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Blis | 92 | 1 | / |
| van der Bly | 87 | 2 | / |
| van der Vlis | 83 | 635 | / |
| van der Bles | 83 | 95 | / |
| van der Vlit | 83 | 1 | / |
| van der Vlist | 80 | 2,086 | / |
| van der Vlidt | 80 | 7 | / |
| van der Vleit | 80 | 0 | / |
| van der Wla | 78 | 1 | / |
| van de Vlist | 75 | 1 | / |
| van der Welle | 72 | 597 | / |
| van der Wille | 72 | 0 | / |
| van de Wille | 67 | 43 | / |
| van de Ville | 67 | 16 | / |
| van de Welle | 67 | 1 | / |
| van de Vlees | 67 | 1 | / |
| van de Wielle | 64 | 89 | / |
| van de Waelle | 64 | 1 | / |
| Van-Der-Blest | 64 | 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 der Blij
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