van Kraaij Surname
Approximately 379 people bear this surname
van Kraaij Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 370 | 1:45,641 | 7,759 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Kraaij Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Kraaij Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Kraaij is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Kraaij? popularity and diffusion
van Kraaij is the 755,622nd most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 19,228,353 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Kraaij are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 370 people, or 1 in 45,641. In The Netherlands van Kraaij is most numerous in: North Brabant, where 40 percent live, Gelderland, where 36 percent live and Utrecht, where 6 percent live. Besides The Netherlands this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 2 percent live and Thailand, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Kreij | 84 | 254 | / |
| van Kraay | 84 | 169 | / |
| van Kraats | 80 | 24 | / |
| van Kruijs | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Kray | 78 | 5 | / |
| van Krie | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Creij | 74 | 299 | / |
| van Kruis | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Kre | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Crooij | 70 | 10 | / |
| van Craats | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Krey | 67 | 49 | / |
| Van't Kruis | 67 | 7 | / |
| van Kruys | 63 | 68 | / |
| von Kraus | 63 | 6 | / |
| von Kracht | 60 | 4 | / |
| von Krauss | 60 | 2 | / |
| van Crey | 56 | 101 | / |
| van Croy | 56 | 2 | / |
| von Kroy | 56 | 0 | / |
| van Crooy | 53 | 12 | / |
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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 Kraaij
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