van der Schouw Surname
Approximately 264 people bear this surname
van der Schouw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 221 | 1:76,413 | 12,925 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
van der Schouw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Schouw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van der Schouw is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of van der Schouw.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Schouw? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 978,274th most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,604,341 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of van der Schouw are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 221 people, or 1 in 76,413. In The Netherlands van der Schouw is primarily concentrated in: Gelderland, where 42 percent reside, North Brabant, where 15 percent reside and North Holland, where 14 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 4 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van de Schouw | 96 | 11 | / |
| van der Schoof | 86 | 81 | / |
| Van-Der-Schouw | 86 | 4 | / |
| van der Schuff | 86 | 1 | / |
| van der Schoff | 86 | 0 | / |
| van der Zouw | 85 | 204 | / |
| van der Schaaf | 79 | 2,492 | / |
| van der Schaft | 79 | 653 | / |
| van der Schaff | 79 | 27 | / |
| van der Schief | 79 | 4 | / |
| van der Schaaff | 76 | 70 | / |
| van der Schijff | 76 | 31 | / |
| van de Schaaf | 74 | 10 | / |
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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 Schouw
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