van Gylswyk Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Gylswyk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Gylswyk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa311:1,747,66884,236
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Gylswyk Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Gylswyk is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

The last name is the 2,746,821st most widespread last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 62 percent of van Gylswyk live; 62 percent live in Southern Africa and 62 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 1,747,668. In South Africa van Gylswyk is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 77 percent are found and Western Cape, where 23 percent are found. Besides South Africa this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 20 percent are found and Canada, where 8 percent are found.

van Gylswyk Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Gylswyk earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 96.86% more than the national average, earning R 467,820 per year and in Canada they earn 4.18% more than the national average, earning $51,759 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vangylswyk952/
van Gylswijk875/
van Gelswijk7813/
van Gelswijck7522/
van Gilsbeek707/

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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 Gylswyk
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