van Raak Surname

499,041st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 660 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Raak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Raak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5911:28,5744,692
Belgium511:225,42428,627
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

van Raak Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Raak is most common in The Netherlands. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of van Raak click here.

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

van Raak is the 499,041st most common surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 11,041,736 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Raak live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

van Raak is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 591 people, or 1 in 28,574. In The Netherlands van Raak is most frequent in: North Brabant, where 73 percent are found, North Holland, where 7 percent are found and Gelderland, where 6 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 8 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Rask881/
van Rakt881/
van Reyk75184/
van Roks751/
van Reik751/
van Rouk750/
van Rock750/
van Rockx711/
van Rox676/
von Radtke671/
von Rock6310/
von Reik637/
von Rosk632/
Van-Reyk631/
van Roox631/
von Rajcs5914/

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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 Raak
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