van Ros Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Ros Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Ros Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa311:1,747,66884,236
Netherlands251:675,48754,943
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559

van Ros Last Name Facts

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

van Ros is found most in South Africa. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

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

The last name is the 2,530,696th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. van Ros occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of van Ros reside; 53 percent reside in Southern Africa and 53 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 1,747,668. In South Africa van Ros is primarily found in: Northern Cape, where 71 percent are found, Western Cape, where 19 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 3 percent are found. Other than South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 43 percent are found and Belgium, where 3 percent are found.

van Ros Last Name Statistics demography

van Ros earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.54% less than the national average, earning R 98,532 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Ross93638/
van Roos93129/
van Rose933/
van Ro9248/
van Roost88320/
van Rosse88113/
van Roose88108/
van Rouse881/
van Roy864,870/
van Ras86285/
van Roo86132/
van Rox866/
van Rot861/
van Roi861/
van Rooy806,951/
van Roij80709/
van Rood8062/
von Rost8011/
Van-Roos808/
van Rotz802/
von Ross802/
van Root802/
Van-Rose801/
van Rooj801/
van Reus801/
von Roos801/
van Rass801/
van Roox801/
van Roth801/
von Rohs800/
van Rooij756,640/
van Roodt7599/
Van-Roose7511/
van Rooie751/
van Raust751/
von Roy7115/
van Rooije714/
von Roo714/
Van-Roy714/
van Raj711/
von Rus711/
von Rotz671,445/
van Raad6788/
von Roth6771/
van Rath6757/
van Raat6726/
Van-Rooy6715/
van Raap6715/
van Raaj675/
von Rusz675/
van Raht672/
von Russ671/
von Rush671/
von Rooy671/
von Rohe671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Ros
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