van der West Surname
Approximately 262 people bear this surname
van der West Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 253 | 1:66,748 | 11,408 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
van der West Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der West Come From? nationality or country of origin
van der West is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van der West? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 983,245th most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 27,815,061 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of van der West are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 253 people, or 1 in 66,748. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Friesland, where 46 percent are found, Groningen, where 23 percent are found and Gelderland, where 11 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
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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 West
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