van der Kraay Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
van der Kraay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
van der Kraay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Kraay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van der Kraay is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of van der Kraay.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Kraay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name van der Kraay occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of van der Kraay are found; 63 percent are found in Western Europe and 63 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 1,407,265. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 92 percent reside and Overijssel, where 8 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 32 percent reside and New Zealand, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Kraat | 92 | 3 | / |
| van der Kraats | 89 | 975 | / |
| van der Kraaij | 89 | 71 | / |
| van de Kraat | 88 | 3 | / |
| van de Kraats | 85 | 475 | / |
| van der Kruys | 85 | 133 | / |
| van der Kruyt | 85 | 6 | / |
| van de Kraatz | 85 | 1 | / |
| van der Craats | 81 | 407 | / |
| van der Kracht | 81 | 65 | / |
| van der Kris | 80 | 42 | / |
| van de Kruys | 80 | 16 | / |
| van der Kruit | 77 | 350 | / |
| van der Kruis | 77 | 205 | / |
| van de Craats | 77 | 170 | / |
| van der Cruys | 77 | 141 | / |
| van de Kracht | 77 | 6 | / |
| van der Krist | 77 | 1 | / |
| van der Kruijs | 74 | 398 | / |
| van der Kruijt | 74 | 44 | / |
| van de Kruis | 72 | 18 | / |
| van de Kruit | 72 | 1 | / |
| van de Kruijs | 69 | 76 | / |
| van der Cruijs | 67 | 50 | / |
| van de Cruys | 64 | 282 | / |
| van de Cruijs | 54 | 26 | / |
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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 Kraay
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