van der Rijk Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
van der Rijk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 106 | 1:159,313 | 23,533 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
van der Rijk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Rijk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van der Rijk is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of van der Rijk click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Rijk? popularity and diffusion
van der Rijk is the 1,765,740th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van der Rijk reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 106 people, or 1 in 159,313. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Brabant, where 57 percent live, South Holland, where 18 percent live and Limburg, where 8 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van de Rijke | 92 | 91 | / |
| van de Rijck | 92 | 22 | / |
| van der Rike | 92 | 2 | / |
| van der Rijcke | 92 | 1 | / |
| van der Rick | 92 | 1 | / |
| van der Reek | 83 | 234 | / |
| van der Ryke | 83 | 12 | / |
| von der Ricke | 80 | 1 | / |
| van de Reck | 78 | 29 | / |
| van de Reek | 78 | 14 | / |
| van de Ryck | 78 | 12 | / |
| van de Ryke | 78 | 3 | / |
| von der Recke | 72 | 122 | / |
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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 Rijk
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