van Hieu Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
van Hieu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Hieu (45) may also be a first name.
van Hieu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Hieu Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Hieu occurs in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Hieu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 81 percent of van Hieu are found; 81 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 81 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,504,468th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 45 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 2,268,787. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Pahang, where 46 percent reside, Kuala Lumpur, where 23 percent reside and Johor, where 15 percent reside. Besides Malaysia van Hieu exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 6 percent reside and France, where 6 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
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- 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
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