van Ruyven Surname

837,371st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 329 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Ruyven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Ruyven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2671:63,24810,876
Canada381:969,62173,252
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

van Ruyven Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Ruyven is most common in The Netherlands. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

This last name is the 837,371st most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 22,150,595 people. The surname van Ruyven occurs predominantly in Europe, where 81 percent of van Ruyven live; 81 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 267 people, or 1 in 63,248. In The Netherlands it is most common in: South Holland, where 76 percent are found, North Holland, where 11 percent are found and North Brabant, where 5 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 12 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.

van Ruyven Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Ruyven earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 55.39% less than the national average, earning $19,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.55% more than the national average, earning $57,904 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Ruiven90156/
van Ruijven86523/
van Ruben840/
van Reeven80188/
van Rieven8011/
van Rijven801/
van Roeven801/
van Rooven801/
van Roouen801/
von Ruben7495/
Van-Reeven701/
van Rooybn701/

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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 Ruyven
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