van Reek Surname

1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Reek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Reek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1341:126,02419,691
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

van Reek Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Reek is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

The surname van Reek is the 1,478,479th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 94 percent of van Reek live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

van Reek is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 126,024. In The Netherlands it is most common in: South Holland, where 57 percent are found, North Holland, where 13 percent are found and Utrecht, where 12 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 4 percent are found and Spain, where 1 percent are found.

van Reek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of van Reek has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Reesk947/
van Reyk88184/
van Reck88101/
van Riek8856/
van Raek8831/
van Reik881/
van Ryek881/
van Rieck829/
van Ryk8035/
van Rijk75282/
von Reik757/
Van-Reyk751/
van Rick751/
van Rouk750/
van Rijck7114/
van Rycke715/
van Rijke711/
van Ricke711/
von Rex672/
Van-Rycke591/
Van-Rijck591/
van Riggs591/
Van-Ric531/

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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 Reek
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