van Dre Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van Dre Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Dre Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

van Dre Last Name Facts

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

van Dre is most common in South Africa. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

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

The surname is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of van Dre are found; 67 percent are found in Southern Africa and 67 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. Outside of South Africa this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent live.

van Dre Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of van Dre has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the van Dre surname contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Dre
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