van der Roos Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
van der Roos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
van der Roos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Roos Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van der Roos is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Roos? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of van der Roos are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 8,443,588. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: North Holland, where 50 percent live and South Holland, where 50 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands it is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 50 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Ros | 96 | 121 | / |
| van der Roost | 96 | 84 | / |
| van de Roos | 96 | 2 | / |
| van der Roose | 96 | 1 | / |
| van der Ross | 92 | 2,228 | / |
| van der Rost | 92 | 37 | / |
| van de Roost | 92 | 2 | / |
| van de Ros | 91 | 12 | / |
| van de Ross | 87 | 44 | / |
| van der Roy | 87 | 2 | / |
| van der Rox | 87 | 1 | / |
| van der Ras | 87 | 1 | / |
| van de Rost | 87 | 1 | / |
| van de Rooy | 87 | 1 | / |
| van der Russ | 83 | 1 | / |
| von der Ross | 83 | 1 | / |
| van der Rust | 83 | 1 | / |
| van der Rohe | 83 | 0 | / |
| van de Roy | 82 | 13 | / |
| van der Rause | 80 | 1 | / |
| van der Rad | 78 | 5 | / |
| van der Rat | 78 | 3 | / |
| van der Raad | 75 | 212 | / |
| van der Radt | 75 | 14 | / |
| von der Ropp | 75 | 12 | / |
| van der Ratt | 75 | 1 | / |
| van der Raht | 75 | 1 | / |
| van de Raa | 73 | 49 | / |
| van de Rat | 73 | 1 | / |
| van der Raadt | 72 | 168 | / |
| van der Raath | 72 | 23 | / |
| van de Raadt | 67 | 17 | / |
| van de Raath | 67 | 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
- 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 Roos
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