van Kaer Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Kaer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Kaer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium131:884,35769,774
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Kaer Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Kaer is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

The surname is the 5,213,395th most commonly held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. van Kaer occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of van Kaer live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 884,357. In Belgium van Kaer is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Belgium van Kaer exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Kaert9414/
van Keer881,263/
van Caer8867/
van Kaur881/
van Koert82466/
van Caet7513/
van Khoe751/
von Kier751/
van Cear750/
van Khoai711/
van Coe671/
van Kooi63137/
van Cour6318/
van Khôi631/
van Kooij59669/
van Court5984/
von Koehe593/
van Kouis591/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to van Kaer
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