van Sandwyk Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van Sandwyk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Sandwyk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1371:395,45835,012
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

van Sandwyk Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Sandwyk is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of van Sandwyk click here.

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

The surname van Sandwyk is the 1,465,390th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of van Sandwyk are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 395,458. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Free State, where 49 percent live, Gauteng, where 28 percent live and North West, where 8 percent live. Barring South Africa this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

van Sandwyk Last Name Statistics demography

van Sandwyk earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 225.21% more than the national average, earning R 772,824 per year.

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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 Sandwyk
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