van Kats Surname

864,701st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 314 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Kats Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Kats Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2821:59,88410,315
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England21:27,859,030389,889
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

van Kats Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Kats is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

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

van Kats is the 864,701st most frequently held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 23,208,745 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of van Kats are found; 90 percent are found in Western Europe and 90 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 282 people, or 1 in 59,884. In The Netherlands van Kats is mostly found in: Utrecht, where 55 percent are found, South Holland, where 20 percent are found and North Brabant, where 6 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 8 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

van Kats Last Name Statistics demography

van Kats earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 3.74% more than the national average, earning $51,539 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
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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 Kats
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