van Raes Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Raes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Raes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium411:280,40633,354
Canada401:921,14070,350
France71:9,488,960336,266
United States71:51,779,848968,877

van Raes Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Raes is found most in Belgium. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

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

van Raes is the 1,907,068th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. van Raes is primarily found in Europe, where 51 percent of van Raes live; 51 percent live in Western Europe and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 280,406. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 68 percent live, Walloon Region, where 29 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent live. Aside from Belgium this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 42 percent live and France, where 7 percent live.

van Raes Last Name Statistics demography

van Raes earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 8.03% less than the national average, earning $45,694 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 Raes
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