van Sam Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
French Polynesia
Highest density in:
French Polynesia

van Sam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Sam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
French Polynesia251:11,2322,339
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

van Sam (11) may also be a first name.

van Sam Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Sam is held by more people in French Polynesia than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

The surname is the 3,432,070th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 76 percent of van Sam reside; 76 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 76 percent reside in Polynesia. van Sam is also the 3,487,849th most frequent forename at a global level, borne by 11 people.

The surname van Sam is most frequently held in French Polynesia, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 11,232. Other than French Polynesia it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 12 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.

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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 Sam
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