van Rath Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Rath Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Rath Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands421:402,07642,431
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858

van Rath Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Rath is found most in The Netherlands. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

The surname van Rath is the 2,555,468th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. van Rath is predominantly found in Europe, where 74 percent of van Rath reside; 74 percent reside in Western Europe and 74 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname van Rath is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 402,076. In The Netherlands van Rath is primarily found in: North Holland, where 64 percent live, Flevoland, where 19 percent live and North Brabant, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 14 percent live and South Africa, where 12 percent live.

van Rath Last Name Statistics demography

van Rath earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.63% less than the national average, earning R 93,564 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
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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 Rath
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