van Ooy Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Ooy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Ooy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1111:152,13722,745
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

van Ooy Last Name Facts

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

van Ooy occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

The last name is the 1,428,594th most prevalent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. The surname van Ooy occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of van Ooy reside; 89 percent reside in Western Europe and 89 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 152,137. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: North Holland, where 29 percent are found, South Holland, where 20 percent are found and North Brabant, where 19 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Hooy9348/
van Gooy931/
van Hooye8814/
van Hoy86230/
van Oye8632/
van Hoo8621/
van Oot8610/
van Oop861/
van Goo861/
Van-Ooy861/
van Y839/
van Oost801,907/
van Hoey80809/
van Hoye80688/
van Ooij80168/
van Hoop8036/
van Hoos8012/
van Hoot804/
van Hoyt803/
van Os773,977/
van Ho7769/
von Oy7719/
van Op7714/
van Go774/
van Ye771/
van Oi771/
van Hooij7570/
van Hooss755/
van Hoost751/
van Oss711,095/
van Hoe71336/
van Och71234/
van Eys71113/
van Uys7173/
van Hooije7134/
van Hoi7128/
van Ost7125/
van Hoa7114/
van Huy719/
Van-Hoy714/
van Hoë713/
van Hop713/
van Oud713/
van Hay712/
van Gay712/
van Oue711/
Van-Oot711/
van Hou711/
van Goh711/
van Eye710/
van Hout675,365/
van Howe6758/
Van-Oost6714/
Van-Y6711/
van Oije6710/
van Heys679/
Van-Hoop674/
van Oust673/
van A672/
van Oudt671/
van U671/
van Host671/
van Ouch671/
van E671/
van I671/
van J671/
Van-Hoey671/
van Hayo671/
van Hoij671/
van Heyd670/

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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 Ooy
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