van Rey Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
van Rey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 56 | 1:1,437,597 | 88,094 |
| Netherlands | 40 | 1:422,179 | 43,576 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
van Rey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Rey Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Rey is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Rey? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,674,734th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. The surname van Rey is predominantly found in Europe, where 82 percent of van Rey are found; 82 percent are found in Western Europe and 81 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name van Rey is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 1,437,597. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 95 percent reside, Hesse, where 2 percent reside and Saxony, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Germany van Rey occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 34 percent reside and Argentina, where 10 percent reside.
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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
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