van Knijff Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Knijff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Knijff Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands641:263,86233,208
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

van Knijff Last Name Facts

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

van Knijff is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

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

The last name van Knijff is the 2,372,517th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Knijff are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 263,862. In The Netherlands van Knijff is most common in: South Holland, where 25 percent live, North Holland, where 23 percent live and Limburg, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Belgium, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Knyff8419/
Vanganjav531/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Knijff
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