van Nam Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
van Nam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 20 | 1:1,474,711 | 61,770 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
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 occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Nam? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Nam is the 3,665,662nd most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 79 percent of van Nam are found; 69 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 69 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,295,729th most frequently held forename globally. It is borne by 58 people.
It is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 1,474,711. In Malaysia van Nam is most numerous in: Kuala Lumpur, where 50 percent live, Malacca, where 25 percent live and Selangor, where 15 percent live. Besides Malaysia this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Name | 93 | 150 | / |
| van Nham | 93 | 1 | / |
| van Nom | 86 | 0 | / |
| van Nattem | 82 | 14 | / |
| van Nhan | 80 | 15 | / |
| van Nang | 80 | 3 | / |
| van Ngan | 80 | 2 | / |
| Van-Name | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Nann | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Naune | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Naten | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Nanne | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Natten | 71 | 26 | / |
| van Nottem | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Nong | 67 | 3 | / |
| von Nome | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Noten | 63 | 1,125 | / |
| van Nooten | 59 | 382 | / |
| van Notten | 59 | 62 | / |
| van Nooien | 59 | 1 | / |
| von Non | 57 | 1 | / |
| Van-Noten | 50 | 8 | / |
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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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis