van Kraay Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
van Kraay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 142 | 1:118,924 | 18,728 |
| Australia | 23 | 1:1,173,726 | 64,589 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
van Kraay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Kraay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Kraay occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of van Kraay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Kraay? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Kraay is the 1,328,442nd most frequently held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 85 percent of van Kraay are found; 84 percent are found in Western Europe and 84 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 118,924. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Gelderland, where 40 percent reside, North Brabant, where 37 percent reside and Limburg, where 8 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 14 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Kray | 94 | 5 | / |
| van Kraaij | 84 | 379 | / |
| van Kraats | 84 | 24 | / |
| van Krey | 82 | 49 | / |
| van Kruys | 78 | 68 | / |
| van Kre | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Craats | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Crey | 71 | 101 | / |
| van Croy | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Krie | 71 | 1 | / |
| von Kroy | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Kreij | 67 | 254 | / |
| van Crooy | 67 | 12 | / |
| von Kraus | 67 | 6 | / |
| van Kruis | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Kracht | 63 | 4 | / |
| van Kruijs | 63 | 2 | / |
| von Krauss | 63 | 2 | / |
| Van't Kruis | 60 | 7 | / |
| von Croy | 59 | 10 | / |
| van Creij | 56 | 299 | / |
| van Crooij | 53 | 10 | / |
| von Creytz | 53 | 9 | / |
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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 Kraay
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