van Ras Surname
Approximately 285 people bear this surname
van Ras Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 198 | 1:85,289 | 14,176 |
| Australia | 73 | 1:369,804 | 30,692 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
van Ras Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Ras Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Ras is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Ras? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 926,175th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 25,570,337 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of van Ras live; 71 percent live in Western Europe and 71 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 198 people, or 1 in 85,289. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: North Brabant, where 83 percent live, North Holland, where 10 percent live and Limburg, where 5 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands van Ras occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 26 percent live and New Zealand, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Rass | 93 | 1 | / |
| van Raust | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Ros | 86 | 58 | / |
| van Ray | 86 | 32 | / |
| van Raj | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Raay | 80 | 954 | / |
| van Ross | 80 | 638 | / |
| van Roos | 80 | 129 | / |
| van Raad | 80 | 88 | / |
| van Raai | 80 | 61 | / |
| van Rath | 80 | 57 | / |
| van Raat | 80 | 26 | / |
| van Reis | 80 | 22 | / |
| van Raap | 80 | 15 | / |
| van Raij | 80 | 13 | / |
| van Raaj | 80 | 5 | / |
| van Rose | 80 | 3 | / |
| van Raht | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Reus | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Rait | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Read | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Ro | 77 | 48 | / |
| van Raaij | 75 | 1,428 | / |
| van Roost | 75 | 320 | / |
| van Rosse | 75 | 113 | / |
| van Roose | 75 | 108 | / |
| van Raath | 75 | 15 | / |
| van Rouse | 75 | 1 | / |
| von Raits | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Roy | 71 | 4,870 | / |
| van Roo | 71 | 132 | / |
| van Rey | 71 | 118 | / |
| van Rox | 71 | 6 | / |
| von Rad | 71 | 3 | / |
| von Rausch | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Rot | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Roi | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Rooy | 67 | 6,951 | / |
| van Roij | 67 | 709 | / |
| van Reij | 67 | 149 | / |
| von Reis | 67 | 105 | / |
| van Rood | 67 | 62 | / |
| van Reit | 67 | 27 | / |
| von Rath | 67 | 13 | / |
| von Rost | 67 | 11 | / |
| Van-Roos | 67 | 8 | / |
| von Raht | 67 | 5 | / |
| von Rhau | 67 | 3 | / |
| von Ross | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Root | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Rotz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Van-Raay | 67 | 2 | / |
| von Roos | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Roox | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Rooj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Van-Rose | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Reid | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Roth | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Rohs | 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
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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 Ras
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