van Nek Surname

823,466th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 337 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Nek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Nek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1511:111,83617,874
South Africa1161:467,04938,892
Australia411:658,43245,385
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
England21:27,859,030389,889
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

van Nek Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Nek is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

van Nek is the 823,466th most widespread last name globally It is held by around 1 in 21,624,765 people. The surname van Nek is predominantly found in Europe, where 52 percent of van Nek live; 48 percent live in Western Europe and 48 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 151 people, or 1 in 111,836. In The Netherlands van Nek is most numerous in: Gelderland, where 30 percent live, North Holland, where 29 percent live and Utrecht, where 9 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands van Nek exists in 10 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 34 percent live and Australia, where 12 percent live.

van Nek Last Name Statistics demography

van Nek earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 76.01% less than the national average, earning R 57,000 per year.

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van Nacke750/
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Vajnenko677/
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Vinhanek673/
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Vanaenko672/
Vhynanek671/
Vanenwyk671/
Vaniniko671/
Vannenga671/
Vaneenko671/
van Inga671/
van Wong671/
van Yang671/
Vanwinki671/
von Nyuk671/
van Weng671/
Vananaki671/
Vananiki671/
Vanankai671/
Vanankay671/
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Vannanka671/
Vonianek671/
Vanwonke670/
van Hannick670/
Van-Nix571/
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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 Nek
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