van Praet Surname
Approximately 2,627 people bear this surname
van Praet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 2,117 | 1:5,431 | 648 |
| France | 319 | 1:208,222 | 32,359 |
| Netherlands | 69 | 1:244,742 | 31,623 |
| Canada | 31 | 1:1,188,567 | 86,017 |
| Australia | 28 | 1:964,132 | 57,058 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
The alternate forms: van Praët (1) are calculated separately.
van Praet Demographics
Average van Praet Salary in
Canada
$53,228 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
van Praet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Praet Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Praet is most common in Belgium. It can also be found as a variant: van Praët. Click here to see other possible spellings of van Praet.
How Common Is The Last Name van Praet? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 164,973rd most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,774,094 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of van Praet live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is carried by 2,117 people, or 1 in 5,431. In Belgium van Praet is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 91 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 7 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Belgium this last name exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in France, where 12 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 3 percent are found.
van Praet Last Name Statistics demography
van Praet earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 7.14% more than the national average, earning $53,228 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
- 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 Praet
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