van der Brook Surname

2,460,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

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

van der Brook Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van der Brook Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa551:985,04961,274
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England11:55,718,059489,080

van der Brook Last Name Facts

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

van der Brook is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name is the 2,460,878th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of van der Brook live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname van der Brook is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 985,049. In South Africa van der Brook is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 100 percent reside. Barring South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

van der Brook Last Name Statistics demography

van der Brook earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.11% less than the national average, earning R 94,788 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
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  • 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 Brook
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