van Hanja Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Hanja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Hanja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
France21:33,211,361423,184
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

van Hanja Last Name Facts

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

van Hanja is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The surname van Hanja is the 4,772,636th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 76 percent of van Hanja live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 65 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 1,535,198. In The Netherlands van Hanja is primarily concentrated in: Flevoland, where 45 percent reside, South Holland, where 45 percent reside and North Holland, where 9 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent reside and France, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vanhanja946/
van Anja942/
Vananja881/
Vananjay821/
van Anjos781/
Vananje75560/
Vananiji711/
Vanannje711/
van Noije67151/
van Agnes679/
van Chauncey671/
Phanwanjah6340/
Vanunje631/
Fananjo630/
Vinanjo630/
Vininjwa591/
Fanyanju591/
Vannenjo590/
von Agner561/
Faninjo5015/
Feninja505/
Faninje501/
Fonanje501/
Fon Nji501/

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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 Hanja
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