van Nguyen Surname

165,618th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,615 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Iceland

van Nguyen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Nguyen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,4381:148,67115,325
Denmark401:141,11812,512
Netherlands401:422,17943,576
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
France171:3,907,219231,005
Iceland141:27,1492,069
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Vietnam101:9,264,6052,710
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
England11:55,718,059489,080
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

van Nguyen (27) may also be a first name.

van Nguyen Last Name Facts

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

van Nguyen is found most frequently in The United States. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

van Nguyen is the 165,618th most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 2,786,824 people. van Nguyen is mostly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of van Nguyen are found; 85 percent are found in North America and 84 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly held forename at a global level. It is borne by 27 people.

The surname van Nguyen is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 2,438 people, or 1 in 148,671. In The United States van Nguyen is most numerous in: California, where 34 percent are found, Texas, where 22 percent are found and Florida, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 2 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 2 percent are found.

van Nguyen Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Nguyen earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 58.47% more than the national average, earning $68,379 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.58% less than the national average, earning $48,399 CAD per year.

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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 Nguyen
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