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 is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Blij? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,315,412th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van der Blij reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 160 people, or 1 in 105,545. In The Netherlands van der Blij is primarily concentrated in: South Holland, where 21 percent reside, North Holland, where 18 percent reside and North Brabant, where 16 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands van der Blij occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 2 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
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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