van Raij Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Raij Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Raij Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

van Raij Last Name Facts

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

van Raij occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of van Raij click here.

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

The last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 54 percent of van Raij reside; 54 percent reside in Western Europe and 54 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 2,412,454. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Holland, where 100 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 38 percent reside and Canada, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Raaij941,428/
van Rij931,378/
van Raj931/
van Rijt88817/
van Roij88709/
van Rijs88488/
van Reij88149/
van Raai8861/
van Rije8814/
van Raaj885/
van Rait881/
van Ri861/
van Rooij826,640/
van Rijst8237/
van Roeij825/
van Raaji821/
van Rie80589/
van Ras80285/
van Ray8032/
van Rae801/
van Roi801/
van Ris801/
van Rooije784/
van Raay75954/
van Roie75313/
van Raad7588/
van Rath7557/
van Reit7527/
van Raat7526/
van Reis7522/
van Raap7515/
van Risp758/
van Roje753/
van Raht752/
van Rich751/
van Rass751/
van Rooj751/
van Raye751/
van Reid751/
van Read750/
van Ry71141/
van Raath7115/
van Reich712/
van Rooji711/
van Reith711/
van Raust711/
van Ritch711/
von Raits711/
van Rooie711/
von Rooij711/
van Roy674,870/
van Ree671,528/
van Rey67118/
van Ryt6777/
van Rys6728/
van Rye6724/
van Roe6710/
von Rad673/
Van-Rie672/
Van-Ric671/
van Rhe671/
van Ríe671/

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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 Raij
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