van der Perk Surname
Approximately 508 people bear this surname
van der Perk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 504 | 1:33,506 | 5,591 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van der Perk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Perk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van der Perk occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Perk? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 609,110th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 14,345,563 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van der Perk live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
van der Perk is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 504 people, or 1 in 33,506. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: South Holland, where 55 percent live, Utrecht, where 13 percent live and Gelderland, where 13 percent live. Not including The Netherlands this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 0 percent live and Suriname, where 0 percent live.
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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 Perk
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