van Nash Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van Nash Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Nash Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Nash Last Name Facts

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

van Nash occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

The surname van Nash is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of van Nash are found; 80 percent are found in Southern Africa and 80 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 100 percent reside. Beside South Africa this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Nass8820/
von Nash881/
van Nast881/
van Nesh880/
van Nesch8214/
van Nga803/
van Nho802/
van Nha801/
Van-Nas801/
van Nay800/
van Nhat757/
van Nhap751/
van Nost750/
van Neat750/
van Neuss7112/
van No711/
van Noy67353/
van Ngo6742/
van Not6722/
van Nod671/
van Noi671/
van Nood63172/
van Nooy6356/
van Noot6315/
van Neuß6311/
van Nout635/
van Noij631/
von Noos631/
van Noije59151/
van Nooij5960/
Van-Noy532/
Van-Ngo531/
Van-Nood501/

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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
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  • 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 Nash
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