van der Want Surname

1,098,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van der Want Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van der Want Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1711:98,75516,062
South Africa301:1,805,92385,708
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

van der Want Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van der Want Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name van der Want is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name van der Want? popularity and diffusion

The last name van der Want is the 1,098,270th most prevalent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. The surname van der Want occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of van der Want live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 98,755. In The Netherlands van der Want is most frequent in: South Holland, where 64 percent live, North Brabant, where 12 percent live and North Holland, where 6 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 13 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.

van der Want Last Name Statistics demography

van der Want earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 0% more than the national average, earning R 237,648 per year.

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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 Want
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