van Keer Surname

300,866th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,263 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Keer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Keer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1,2291:9,3541,333
France91:7,380,302306,885
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Belize11:355,4743,977
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382

van Keer Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Keer is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

The surname is the 300,866th most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,770,028 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of van Keer reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 89 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is held by 1,229 people, or 1 in 9,354. In Belgium van Keer is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 91 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 8 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Belgium this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in France, where 1 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Keere941/
van Kee938/
van Keep88107/
van Kaer8814/
van Kerr881/
van Ceer881/
van Qcker821/
van Key803/
von Kee801/
van Kre801/
van Khe801/
van Kets75362/
van Caer7567/
van Chee757/
van Keys751/
van Kaur751/
von Kier751/
van Cear750/
van Ky7114/
van Keith7110/
van Ka711/
van Querp711/
van Ce711/
van Kha679/
van Que676/
van Kay674/
van Kaj671/
van Kaa671/
van Che671/
van Kit671/
van Hce671/

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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 Keer
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