van Raan Surname
Approximately 264 people bear this surname
van Raan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 257 | 1:65,709 | 11,237 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
van Raan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Raan Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Raan occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Raan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 978,274th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 27,604,341 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of van Raan live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 257 people, or 1 in 65,709. In The Netherlands van Raan is most numerous in: Overijssel, where 43 percent live, North Brabant, where 14 percent live and North Holland, where 13 percent live. Other than The Netherlands this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Ran | 93 | 2 | / |
| van Raam | 88 | 263 | / |
| van Rayn | 88 | 2 | / |
| van Rant | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Rayne | 82 | 108 | / |
| van Raamt | 82 | 39 | / |
| van Rasen | 82 | 2 | / |
| van Ram | 80 | 6 | / |
| von Ran | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Raysen | 78 | 8 | / |
| van Rassen | 78 | 2 | / |
| van Roon | 75 | 2,710 | / |
| van Rein | 75 | 189 | / |
| van Reyn | 75 | 76 | / |
| van Ronk | 75 | 23 | / |
| van Raym | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Rohn | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Reijn | 71 | 236 | / |
| van Rhoon | 71 | 211 | / |
| van Reine | 71 | 53 | / |
| van Roten | 71 | 50 | / |
| van Rhein | 71 | 25 | / |
| van Rooyn | 71 | 15 | / |
| van Rosen | 71 | 11 | / |
| Van-Rasen | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Ronne | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Rossen | 67 | 1,026 | / |
| van Reisen | 67 | 210 | / |
| van Rooten | 67 | 109 | / |
| van Reysen | 67 | 55 | / |
| van Rooien | 67 | 25 | / |
| van Rotten | 67 | 17 | / |
| von Ron | 67 | 8 | / |
| van Rooyne | 67 | 3 | / |
| van Rooyën | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Rom | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Rassem | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Raan
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