van Elk Surname
Approximately 1,843 people bear this surname
van Elk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1,690 | 1:9,992 | 1,325 |
| Australia | 28 | 1:964,132 | 57,058 |
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| United States | 20 | 1:18,122,947 | 588,089 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
van Elk Demographics
Average van Elk Salary in
United States
$49,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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van Elk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Elk Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Elk is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of van Elk.
How Common Is The Last Name van Elk? popularity and diffusion
van Elk is the 221,405th most prevalent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,954,176 people. The surname van Elk occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of van Elk live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Elk is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 1,690 people, or 1 in 9,992. In The Netherlands van Elk is mostly found in: Gelderland, where 31 percent live, South Holland, where 23 percent live and Utrecht, where 13 percent live. Not including The Netherlands this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 2 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.
van Elk Last Name Statistics demography
The amount van Elk earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 14.72% more than the national average, earning $49,500 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.22% more than the national average, earning $60,224 CAD 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
- 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
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