van Oorsouw Surname

928,396th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 284 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Oorsouw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Oorsouw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2771:60,96510,486
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
France11:66,422,722504,397
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

van Oorsouw Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Oorsouw has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

It is the 928,396th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Oorsouw reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 277 people, or 1 in 60,965. In The Netherlands van Oorsouw is most prevalent in: North Brabant, where 58 percent live, Gelderland, where 14 percent live and North Holland, where 12 percent live. Beside The Netherlands this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 1 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Orsouw951,114/
van Oirsouw9177/
van Oursouw9116/
van Orsow9026/
Vanorsouw9017/
van Orschouw871/
Vanoursouw868/
Van-Orsouw865/
Vanoirsouw861/
Vanorsow8475/
Van-Orsow802/
von Russow671/
Vonrussow603/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Oorsouw
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis