van der Ouw Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
van der Ouw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 45 | 1:375,271 | 40,838 |
| Uruguay | 7 | 1:490,251 | 25,911 |
van der Ouw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Ouw Come From? nationality or country of origin
van der Ouw is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Ouw? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,689,253rd most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 87 percent of van der Ouw reside; 87 percent reside in Western Europe and 87 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
van der Ouw is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 375,271. In The Netherlands van der Ouw is mostly found in: South Holland, where 31 percent are found, Gelderland, where 18 percent are found and Drenthe, where 13 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands van der Ouw exists in one country. It is also common in Uruguay, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Gouw | 96 | 332 | / |
| van der Houw | 96 | 1 | / |
| van der Hauw | 87 | 102 | / |
| van der Gauw | 87 | 2 | / |
| van der Hof | 82 | 469 | / |
| van der Gaw | 82 | 1 | / |
| van der Hoff | 78 | 1,021 | / |
| van der Hoef | 78 | 938 | / |
| van der Hoof | 78 | 1 | / |
| van de Hauwe | 78 | 1 | / |
| van der Hooft | 75 | 630 | / |
| van der Hoeff | 75 | 255 | / |
| van de Hoef | 73 | 518 | / |
| van de Hoff | 73 | 1 | / |
| von der Hoff | 70 | 8 | / |
| van de Hooft | 70 | 1 | / |
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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 Ouw
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