van der Wou Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van der Wou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van der Wou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands511:331,12138,060
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

van der Wou Last Name Facts

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

The surname van der Wou is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of van der Wou.

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

This surname is the 2,661,929th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of van der Wou reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 331,121. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: North Brabant, where 45 percent live, Overijssel, where 22 percent live and South Holland, where 22 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 2 percent live and Spain, where 2 percent live.

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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 Wou
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