van Dien Surname

1,133,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 213 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Dien Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Dien Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1331:126,97119,799
United States571:6,358,929302,882
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
France31:22,140,907385,998
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States541:929,97655,839

The alternate forms: van Diën (6) are calculated separately.

van Dien (11) may also be a first name.

van Dien Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Dien is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: van Diën. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name van Dien? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,133,308th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 34,213,831 people. The surname van Dien occurs mostly in Europe, where 66 percent of van Dien are found; 66 percent are found in Western Europe and 64 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 11 people.

This last name is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 126,971. In The Netherlands van Dien is most numerous in: South Holland, where 68 percent are found, Gelderland, where 11 percent are found and Utrecht, where 8 percent are found. Other than The Netherlands this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Malaysia, where 2 percent are found.

van Dien Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of van Dien has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the van Dien surname expanded 106 percent between 1880 and 2014.

van Dien Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Dien earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 46.79% more than the national average, earning R 348,840 per year and in United States they earn 176.99% more than the national average, earning $119,519 USD 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
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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 Dien
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