van Nam Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

van Nam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Nam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia201:1,474,71161,770
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

van Nam (58) may also be a first name.

van Nam Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Nam is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of van Nam click here.

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

This last name is the 3,665,662nd most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 79 percent of van Nam reside; 69 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 69 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,295,729th most widespread first name globally, borne by 58 people.

van Nam is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,474,711. In Malaysia van Nam is mostly found in: Kuala Lumpur, where 50 percent live, Malacca, where 25 percent live and Selangor, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Malaysia this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Name93150/
van Nham931/
van Nom860/
van Nattem8214/
van Nhan8015/
van Nang803/
van Ngan802/
Van-Name802/
van Nann800/
van Naune750/
van Naten750/
van Nanne750/
van Natten7126/
van Nottem711/
van Nong673/
von Nome670/
van Noten631,125/
van Nooten59382/
van Notten5962/
van Nooien591/
von Non571/
Van-Noten508/

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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 Nam
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