van Reeuwyk Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Canada

van Reeuwyk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Reeuwyk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa891:608,73846,089
Canada611:604,02649,778
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Australia51:5,399,140162,351

van Reeuwyk Last Name Facts

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

van Reeuwyk is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

It is the 1,364,059th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of van Reeuwyk live; 55 percent live in Southern Africa and 55 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

van Reeuwyk is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 608,738. In South Africa van Reeuwyk is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 40 percent reside, Free State, where 29 percent reside and Gauteng, where 21 percent reside. Outside of South Africa van Reeuwyk occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 38 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 4 percent reside.

van Reeuwyk Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Reeuwyk earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 45.71% more than the national average, earning R 346,272 per year and in Canada they earn 9.23% less than the national average, earning $45,098 CAD 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 Reeuwyk
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