van der Wyk Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
van der Wyk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
van der Wyk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Wyk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van der Wyk occurs more in Australia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Wyk? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,485,539th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 41 percent of van der Wyk live; 41 percent live in Australasia and 41 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.
The surname is most frequent in Australia, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 2,076,592. In Australia it is primarily concentrated in: Victoria, where 54 percent are found and New South Wales, where 46 percent are found. Outside of Australia this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 31 percent are found and England, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Wyck | 96 | 46 | / |
| van der Wijk | 87 | 1,357 | / |
| van der Weck | 87 | 73 | / |
| van der Week | 87 | 1 | / |
| van der Wick | 87 | 1 | / |
| van der Wekke | 83 | 78 | / |
| van der Wijck | 83 | 54 | / |
| van der Weeke | 83 | 1 | / |
| van der Weg | 82 | 1,118 | / |
| van der Vek | 82 | 1 | / |
| Van-Der-Wyk | 82 | 1 | / |
| van der Beek | 78 | 5,175 | / |
| van der Veek | 78 | 218 | / |
| van der Beck | 78 | 38 | / |
| van der Vygh | 78 | 8 | / |
| van der Weeg | 78 | 2 | / |
| van de Weg | 76 | 335 | / |
| van der Veeke | 75 | 423 | / |
| van der Weegh | 75 | 78 | / |
| van der Beeck | 75 | 25 | / |
| van der Vuijk | 75 | 1 | / |
| van de Beek | 73 | 1,410 | / |
| van de Beck | 73 | 0 | / |
| van der Vegt | 70 | 3,387 | / |
| von der Beck | 70 | 26 | / |
| van de Beeck | 70 | 17 | / |
| van de Weegh | 70 | 16 | / |
| von der Beek | 70 | 11 | / |
| van der Begh | 70 | 1 | / |
| van der Becq | 70 | 1 | / |
| van der Vijg | 70 | 1 | / |
| van der Vijgh | 67 | 98 | / |
| von der Beeck | 67 | 19 | / |
| van de Vegt | 64 | 34 | / |
| Van-Der-Beek | 61 | 12 | / |
| Van-De-Beek | 55 | 4 | / |
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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 Wyk
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis