van Groos Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
van Groos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 70 | 1:241,245 | 31,316 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van Groos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Groos Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Groos has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Groos? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,185,341st most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. van Groos occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of van Groos live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 241,245. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Gelderland, where 51 percent reside, South Holland, where 16 percent reside and North Brabant, where 14 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Groos
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