van Ruijven Surname

595,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 523 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Ruijven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Ruijven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5121:32,9835,495
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Ruiven95156/
van Rijven951/
van Ruyven86329/
van Rieven8611/
van Ruben800/
van Reeven76188/
van Roeven761/
van Rooven761/
van Roouen761/
von Ruben7095/
Van-Reeven671/
van Rooybn571/

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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
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  • 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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