van Maar Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Maar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Maar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands321:527,72448,879
Canada131:2,834,276161,175

van Maar Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Maar occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name van Maar is the 2,909,720th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of van Maar reside; 71 percent reside in Western Europe and 71 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

van Maar is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 527,724. In The Netherlands van Maar is primarily found in: Groningen, where 41 percent reside, Drenthe, where 28 percent reside and Overijssel, where 19 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 29 percent reside.

van Maar Last Name Statistics demography

van Maar earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 9.74% less than the national average, earning $44,846 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Maare9434/
van Mar931/
van Maarth892/
van Mart881/
van Mard881/
van Meir75542/
von Maur7521/
von Mayr754/
van Moor754/
van More752/
van Meur751/
van Moort71157/
van Moore716/
van Meire711/
van Morth710/
von Mohr6336/
Van-Meir6324/
von Meur632/
von Morr631/
von Moore594/

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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 Maar
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