van Ham Surname

102,303rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,607 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Ham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Ham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3,3271:5,076526
Belgium9121:12,6061,894
Canada1421:259,47624,513
United States661:5,491,802273,080
Brazil281:7,645,512174,288
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
England221:2,532,63991,802
Spain141:3,339,43167,428
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
France81:8,302,840321,660
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

van Ham Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Ham is most common in The Netherlands. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of van Ham click here.

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

This surname is the 102,303rd most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,581,842 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of van Ham reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 3,327 people, or 1 in 5,076. In The Netherlands it is most common in: North Brabant, where 50 percent live, South Holland, where 15 percent live and North Holland, where 11 percent live. Other than The Netherlands van Ham is found in 23 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 20 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

van Ham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of van Ham has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 508 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 244 percent between 1881 and 2014.

van Ham Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Ham earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 29.74% more than the national average, earning R 308,304 per year; in United States they earn 119.88% more than the national average, earning $94,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.02% less than the national average, earning $49,175 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to van Ham
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