van Kiet Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

van Kiet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Kiet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382

van Kiet (9) may also be a first name.

van Kiet Last Name Facts

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

van Kiet occurs in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname van Kiet is predominantly found in Asia, where 60 percent of van Kiet are found; 60 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 40 percent are found in Anglo-North America. van Kiet is also the 3,941,740th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 9 people.

This last name is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia van Kiet is most numerous in: Kuala Lumpur, where 50 percent reside and Selangor, where 50 percent reside. Other than Malaysia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 40 percent reside and Vietnam, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Kietd942/
van Kit931/
van Kets88362/
van Keith8210/
van Kuijt821/
van Caet7513/
Van-Kets751/
von Keat751/
von Keitz7170/
von Kaitz7123/
von Keutz718/
van Quyet716/
von Keith711/
van Quist711/

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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 Kiet
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