van Renen Surname

606,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 511 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

van Renen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Renen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3851:140,72116,192
Netherlands601:281,45334,544
Australia331:818,05251,601
Isle of Man121:7,1521,559
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

van Renen Last Name Facts

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

van Renen occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of van Renen.

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

The surname is the 606,498th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 14,261,342 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of van Renen reside; 75 percent reside in Southern Africa and 75 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 385 people, or 1 in 140,721. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 52 percent live, Gauteng, where 25 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 5 percent live. Besides South Africa van Renen exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 12 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

van Renen Last Name Statistics demography

van Renen earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.07% more than the national average, earning R 339,996 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 Renen
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