van Kooij Surname

493,936th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 669 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Kooij Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Kooij Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands6511:25,9404,226
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Kooij Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Kooij occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

The surname van Kooij is the 493,936th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 10,893,193 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of van Kooij live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 651 people, or 1 in 25,940. In The Netherlands van Kooij is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 35 percent are found, Utrecht, where 14 percent are found and North Holland, where 14 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

van Kooij Last Name Statistics demography

van Kooij earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 91.43% more than the national average, earning R 454,908 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Kooi94137/
van Koot82418/
van Kooy82368/
van Khoi826/
van Khoai781/
van Kuijt781/
van Kouis781/
van Kot754/
van Kaj751/
van Kos751/
van Kit751/
van Kopp7113/
van Khoa713/
van Khai712/
van Khoe711/
van Quoi711/
van Kgai711/
van Khôi711/
van Kish710/
van Ky6714/
van Cooth6713/
van Keith6710/
van Co676/
van Ku674/
van Ka671/

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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 Kooij
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