van King Surname

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

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van King Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van King Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van King Last Name Facts

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

The last name van King is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

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

It is the 8,193,072nd most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name van King occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of van King live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria van King is most prevalent in: Abia, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria van King occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Kien885/
von King883/
van Kind881/
van Keng881/
van Kinne826/
von Kiong821/
van Cin801/
van Kent7515/
van Keen752/
van Kühn751/
van Chin751/
von Keng751/
Van-Kien751/
van Quint711/
von Kühn632/
van Chen632/
van Cuen630/
van Queen591/

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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 King
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