van Raak Surname
Approximately 660 people bear this surname
van Raak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 591 | 1:28,574 | 4,692 |
| Belgium | 51 | 1:225,424 | 28,627 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
van Raak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Raak Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Raak is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of van Raak.
How Common Is The Last Name van Raak? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 499,041st most frequent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 11,041,736 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Raak are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 591 people, or 1 in 28,574. In The Netherlands van Raak is most common in: North Brabant, where 73 percent reside, North Holland, where 7 percent reside and Gelderland, where 6 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands van Raak is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 8 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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