van der Kooy Surname

405,063rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 865 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van der Kooy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van der Kooy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands7751:21,7903,471
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Argentina161:2,671,463118,579
Australia161:1,687,23181,699
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

van der Kooy Last Name Facts

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

The last name van der Kooy is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

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

The surname van der Kooy is the 405,063rd most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,424,909 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of van der Kooy are found; 90 percent are found in Western Europe and 90 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 775 people, or 1 in 21,790. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 57 percent reside, Friesland, where 13 percent reside and North Holland, where 9 percent reside. Other than The Netherlands it exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.

van der Kooy Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van der Kooy earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 15.82% more than the national average, earning R 275,244 per year and in Canada they earn 12.58% less than the national average, earning $43,432 CAD 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
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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 Kooy
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