van der Merve Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van der Merve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van der Merve 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
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

van der Merve Last Name Facts

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

The last name van der Merve is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of van der Merve click here.

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

The surname van der Merve is the 6,360,413th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of van der Merve live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name van der Merve is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 7,739,672. In South Africa van der Merve is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 57 percent reside, Gauteng, where 29 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 14 percent reside. Other than South Africa it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 11 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 11 percent reside.

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 de Merve961/
van der Merwe92107,222/
van der Merue922/
van der Merwee892/
van der Merwer892/
van der Merwes891/
van der Merwwe891/
van de Merwe881,034/
van de Merbe881/
van der Merwa852/
von der Merwe851/
Van-Der-Merwe7735/
van der Marwe771/
Van-De-Merwe726/
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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 Merve
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