van Ooij Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Ooij Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Ooij Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1621:104,24216,843
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
England11:55,718,059489,080

van Ooij Last Name Facts

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

van Ooij is found most in The Netherlands. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of van Ooij click here.

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

The last name van Ooij is the 1,333,288th most frequently used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. The surname van Ooij is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of van Ooij live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 104,242. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: North Brabant, where 32 percent live, South Holland, where 19 percent live and Utrecht, where 15 percent live. Beside The Netherlands this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.

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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 Ooij
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