van Kets Surname

781,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 362 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Kets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Kets Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium2361:48,7157,924
France761:873,983102,402
South Africa431:1,259,94770,377
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
England21:27,859,030389,889
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

van Kets Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Kets is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of van Kets.

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

The surname van Kets is the 781,947th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,131,342 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 87 percent of van Kets live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname van Kets is most widespread in Belgium, where it is carried by 236 people, or 1 in 48,715. In Belgium van Kets is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 92 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent live and Walloon Region, where 2 percent live. Not including Belgium van Kets exists in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 21 percent live and South Africa, where 12 percent live.

van Kets Last Name Statistics demography

van Kets earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 166.8% more than the national average, earning R 634,008 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Kiet885/
van Keys881/
Van-Kets881/
van Keith8210/
van Kietd822/
van Kesse821/
van Kee808/
van Key803/
van Khe801/
van Kit801/
van Keer751,263/
van Keep75107/
van Kerr751/
von Keat751/
van Kish750/
von Keitz7170/
van Ky7114/
von Keutz718/
van Ka711/
van Kuijt711/
van Qcker711/
von Keith711/
van Ce711/
van Kha679/
van Que676/
van Kay674/
van Kaj671/
van Kaa671/
von Kee671/
van Che671/
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 Kets
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