van der Puije Surname
Approximately 649 people bear this surname
van der Puije Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
van der Puije Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Puije Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van der Puije is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of van der Puije.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Puije? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 505,580th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 11,228,884 people. van der Puije is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of van der Puije are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname van der Puije is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is carried by 623 people, or 1 in 43,372. Apart from Ghana this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Puij | 96 | 21 | / |
| van der Puye | 88 | 11 | / |
| van der Put | 83 | 1,555 | / |
| van der Puy | 83 | 22 | / |
| van der Per | 83 | 9 | / |
| van der Peet | 80 | 820 | / |
| van der Putt | 80 | 138 | / |
| van der Pest | 80 | 47 | / |
| van de Put | 78 | 857 | / |
| van der Pegge | 77 | 1 | / |
| van de Peer | 75 | 426 | / |
| van de Peut | 75 | 89 | / |
| van de Pest | 75 | 19 | / |
| van de Pegge | 72 | 1 | / |
| van de Poo | 70 | 1 | / |
| Van-De-Peer | 50 | 16 | / |
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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 Puije
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