van der Drift Surname
Approximately 1,338 people bear this surname
van der Drift Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1,193 | 1:14,155 | 2,112 |
| Australia | 76 | 1:355,207 | 29,862 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
van der Drift Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Drift Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van der Drift is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of van der Drift click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Drift? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 287,037th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 5,446,596 people. The surname van der Drift is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of van der Drift live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 1,193 people, or 1 in 14,155. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: South Holland, where 52 percent reside, North Holland, where 17 percent reside and Gelderland, where 9 percent reside. Other than The Netherlands it exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 6 percent reside and New Zealand, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| vander Drift | 96 | 13 | / |
| van Derdrift | 96 | 8 | / |
| van de Drift | 96 | 1 | / |
| Vanderdrift | 92 | 117 | / |
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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 Drift
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