van Ruijven Surname
Approximately 523 people bear this surname
van Ruijven Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 512 | 1:32,983 | 5,495 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Ruijven Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Ruijven Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Ruijven is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Ruijven? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Ruijven is the 595,654th most frequently held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 13,934,122 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Ruijven reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 512 people, or 1 in 32,983. In The Netherlands van Ruijven is mostly found in: South Holland, where 80 percent live, North Holland, where 7 percent live and North Brabant, where 5 percent live. Beside The Netherlands this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 1 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Ruiven | 95 | 156 | / |
| van Rijven | 95 | 1 | / |
| van Ruyven | 86 | 329 | / |
| van Rieven | 86 | 11 | / |
| van Ruben | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Reeven | 76 | 188 | / |
| van Roeven | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Rooven | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Roouen | 76 | 1 | / |
| von Ruben | 70 | 95 | / |
| Van-Reeven | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Rooybn | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Ruijven
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