van Praag Surname

374,643rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 956 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Praag Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Praag Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5281:31,9835,317
Australia1221:221,27621,136
Belgium1011:113,82816,895
United States731:4,965,191254,179
England461:1,211,26256,182
Venezuela301:1,006,80315,224
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
France41:16,605,680368,153
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:937,51438,808
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

van Praag Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Praag is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

van Praag is the 374,643rd most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 7,622,956 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of van Praag live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 63 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 528 people, or 1 in 31,983. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: North Holland, where 40 percent reside, South Holland, where 21 percent reside and Overijssel, where 9 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands this surname exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 13 percent reside and Belgium, where 11 percent reside.

van Praag Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of van Praag has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the van Praag surname increased 365 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 177 percent between 1881 and 2014.

van Praag Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Praag earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 75.76% more than the national average, earning $75,837 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.03% more than the national average, earning $50,194 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
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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 Praag
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