van der Vos Surname
Approximately 296 people bear this surname
van der Vos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 287 | 1:58,840 | 10,138 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van der Vos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Vos Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van der Vos is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Vos? popularity and diffusion
It is the 902,012th most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 24,620,088 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of van der Vos live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 287 people, or 1 in 58,840. In The Netherlands van der Vos is most frequent in: South Holland, where 72 percent are found, North Holland, where 10 percent are found and North Brabant, where 6 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands van der Vos occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van de Vos | 95 | 5 | / |
| van der Vosse | 92 | 165 | / |
| van der Bos | 91 | 3,576 | / |
| van der Voo | 91 | 13 | / |
| van de Vosse | 87 | 122 | / |
| van de Bos | 86 | 18 | / |
| van der Va | 86 | 1 | / |
| van der Bosch | 83 | 5,915 | / |
| van der Vusse | 83 | 55 | / |
| van der Voodt | 83 | 12 | / |
| van de Vousse | 83 | 3 | / |
| van der Bas | 82 | 373 | / |
| van der Vat | 82 | 91 | / |
| van der Wou | 82 | 53 | / |
| van de Vuss | 82 | 6 | / |
| van der Bus | 82 | 1 | / |
| van der Bottse | 80 | 1 | / |
| van der Woud | 78 | 117 | / |
| van de Bosch | 78 | 55 | / |
| van de Vusse | 78 | 39 | / |
| van der Vatt | 78 | 3 | / |
| van der Wout | 78 | 1 | / |
| van der Baas | 78 | 1 | / |
| van de Wouds | 78 | 0 | / |
| van der Bossche | 77 | 153 | / |
| van der Boschhe | 77 | 1 | / |
| van der Basch | 75 | 26 | / |
| von der Bosch | 75 | 5 | / |
| van der Vucht | 75 | 1 | / |
| van de Bosche | 75 | 1 | / |
| van der Waa | 73 | 138 | / |
| van der Wat | 73 | 117 | / |
| van de Buys | 73 | 1 | / |
| van de Bossche | 72 | 23 | / |
| van der Wath | 70 | 1,047 | / |
| van der-Woud | 70 | 3 | / |
| van der Bach | 70 | 2 | / |
| van der Wacht | 67 | 81 | / |
| Van-De-Bos | 67 | 1 | / |
| van de Wath | 64 | 19 | / |
| van de Watt | 64 | 2 | / |
| van-der Wath | 61 | 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 Vos
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