van Gogh Surname
Approximately 1,052 people bear this surname
van Gogh Surname User-submission:
This is a Dutch surname, denoting someone belonging to the town of Goch (marshy place), right on the border with the Netherlands, in Westphalia. The Dutch version is Gogh, with the prefix van, meaning 'of' or 'from' (German Von Goch).
Read More About This Surnamevan Gogh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 863 | 1:19,568 | 3,074 |
| Canada | 32 | 1:1,151,425 | 83,867 |
| Belgium | 31 | 1:370,859 | 40,209 |
| United States | 31 | 1:11,692,224 | 454,091 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Denmark | 15 | 1:376,314 | 25,792 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
van Gogh Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This is a Dutch surname, denoting someone belonging to the town of Goch (marshy place), right on the border with the Netherlands, in Westphalia. The Dutch version is Gogh, with the prefix van, meaning 'of' or 'from' (German Von Goch).
- deleted-173293The van Gogh surname is based on a location, meaning 'from Goch', a town in Western Germany.
- deleted-173293van Gogh Demographics
Average van Gogh Salary in
United States
$39,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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van Gogh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Gogh Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Gogh is most common in The Netherlands. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Gogh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 347,450th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 6,927,325 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of van Gogh live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 863 people, or 1 in 19,568. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: North Brabant, where 47 percent reside, South Holland, where 23 percent reside and Gelderland, where 9 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands it occurs in 29 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 3 percent reside and Belgium, where 3 percent reside.
van Gogh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of van Gogh has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the van Gogh last name rose 1,550 percent between 1880 and 2014.
van Gogh Last Name Statistics demography
The amount van Gogh earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 7.59% less than the national average, earning $39,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.42% less than the national average, earning $45,001 CAD per year.
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