van Ray Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

van Ray Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Ray Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
United States91:40,273,215872,126
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934

van Ray Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Ray is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

van Ray is the 3,485,539th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 81 percent of van Ray are found; 50 percent are found in South America and 50 percent are found in Luso-South America.

It is most widely held in Brazil, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 13,379,646. In Brazil van Ray is most common in: São Paulo, where 50 percent are found, Paraná, where 44 percent are found and Santa Catarina, where 6 percent are found. Barring Brazil van Ray occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Raay93954/
van Raye931/
van Ry92141/
van Roy864,870/
van Ras86285/
van Rey86118/
van Ryt8677/
van Rys8628/
van Rye8624/
van Rae861/
van Raj861/
van Rooy806,951/
van Roey801,441/
van Roye80213/
van Raad8088/
van Raai8061/
van Rath8057/
van Raat8026/
van Raap8015/
van Raij8013/
van Raaj805/
Van-Raay802/
van Raht802/
van Rait801/
van Rass801/
van Read800/
van Ri771/
van Raaij751,428/
van Rooye7537/
van Raath7515/
van Reydt7513/
van Roeye752/
van Raaji751/
van Raust751/
van Ree711,528/
van Rij711,378/
van Rie71589/
von Roy7115/
van Roe7110/
Van-Roy714/
von Rad713/
van Ris711/
van Ríe711/
van Rhe711/
van Roi711/
van Rooyes711/
van Rees671,640/
van Rhee671,355/
van Rijt67817/
van Roij67709/
van Rijs67488/
van Rest67322/
van Roie67313/
van Reet67307/
van Reij67149/
van Reit6727/
van Reis6722/
van Reed6721/
Van-Rooy6715/
van Rije6714/
von Rath6713/
van Risp678/
von Raht675/
van Roje673/
von Rhau673/
van Rech672/
van Rich671/
van Reus671/
van Rooj671/
van Reep671/
van Reer671/
van Reid671/
von Rooy671/
van Rett670/

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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 Ray
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