van Houw Surname
5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States
van Houw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Houwe | 94 | 66 | / |
| van How | 93 | 0 | / |
| van Howe | 88 | 58 | / |
| van Hauw | 88 | 40 | / |
| van Gouw | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Hauwe | 82 | 444 | / |
| van Hof | 80 | 544 | / |
| van Uwe | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Huv | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Haw | 80 | 1 | / |
| von How | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Auw | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Hoof | 75 | 11,977 | / |
| van Hoff | 75 | 726 | / |
| van Hoef | 75 | 516 | / |
| van Huff | 75 | 2 | / |
| Van-Howe | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Hooff | 71 | 1,848 | / |
| van Hooft | 71 | 1,071 | / |
| von Ow | 71 | 271 | / |
| Van't Hof | 71 | 56 | / |
| van Hoffe | 71 | 38 | / |
| van Hoffs | 71 | 12 | / |
| von Euw | 67 | 751 | / |
| von Hof | 67 | 53 | / |
| von Auw | 67 | 23 | / |
| Van't Hoff | 67 | 20 | / |
| van Job | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Hoofft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Van't Hoof | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Houw
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis