van der Dong Surname

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

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van der Dong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van der Dong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands581:291,15835,264
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

van der Dong Last Name Facts

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

The last name van der Dong occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

The last name van der Dong is the 2,460,878th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of van der Dong reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname van der Dong is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 291,158. In The Netherlands van der Dong is most common in: Groningen, where 50 percent live, Drenthe, where 36 percent live and North Holland, where 9 percent live. Besides The Netherlands this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 2 percent live and Switzerland, where 2 percent live.

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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
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