van der Schaft Surname
Approximately 653 people bear this surname
van der Schaft Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 621 | 1:27,194 | 4,450 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van der Schaft Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Schaft Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van der Schaft is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Schaft? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 503,100th most common surname in the world, held by around 1 in 11,160,101 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of van der Schaft reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 621 people, or 1 in 27,194. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Utrecht, where 30 percent reside, South Holland, where 17 percent reside and North Holland, where 14 percent reside. Other than The Netherlands this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 2 percent reside and Denmark, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Schaaf | 93 | 2,492 | / |
| van der Schaff | 93 | 27 | / |
| van der Schaaff | 90 | 70 | / |
| van de Schaaf | 89 | 10 | / |
| van der Schoof | 86 | 81 | / |
| van der Schoff | 86 | 0 | / |
| van der Schouw | 79 | 264 | / |
| van de Schouw | 74 | 11 | / |
| Van-Der-Schouw | 64 | 4 | / |
| van der Zouw | 62 | 204 | / |
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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 Schaft
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