van der Draaij Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
van der Draaij Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 63 | 1:268,050 | 33,531 |
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
van der Draaij Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Draaij Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van der Draaij is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Draaij? popularity and diffusion
van der Draaij is the 2,007,164th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname van der Draaij is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of van der Draaij are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 268,050. In The Netherlands van der Draaij is primarily concentrated in: South Holland, where 95 percent are found, Friesland, where 2 percent are found and Gelderland, where 2 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 24 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Draai | 96 | 166 | / |
| van der Draay | 89 | 4 | / |
| van der Dracht | 79 | 1 | / |
| von der Driesch | 69 | 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 Draaij
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