van der Hof Surname

645,988th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 469 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van der Hof Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van der Hof Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands4661:36,2396,099
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
France11:66,422,722504,397

van der Hof Last Name Facts

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

van der Hof is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of van der Hof.

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

The last name van der Hof is the 645,988th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 15,538,477 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van der Hof reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 466 people, or 1 in 36,239. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Drenthe, where 21 percent live, Gelderland, where 18 percent live and South Holland, where 16 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 0 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van der Hoff961,021/
van der Hoof961/
van der Hooft92630/
van de Hoff911/
von der Hoff878/
van de Hooft871/
van der Houw871/
van der Ouw8252/
van der Gouw78332/
van der Hauw78102/
van der Gaw731/
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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 Hof
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